Management of a respiratory emergency in the Antarctic winter: A case of foreign body aspiration
We report on a case of left main bronchus occlusion by an inhaled foreign body at a remote Antarctic scientific base during the austral winter. We present the dilemmas of on-site treatment and the challenges of aeromedical evacuation from such a remote environment.
| Published in: | Wilderness & Environmental Medicine |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press
2007
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11711/ http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(07)70223-5/fulltext |
| Summary: | We report on a case of left main bronchus occlusion by an inhaled foreign body at a remote Antarctic scientific base during the austral winter. We present the dilemmas of on-site treatment and the challenges of aeromedical evacuation from such a remote environment. |
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