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Prehospital care
The McKesson prop—an essential tool for the emergency physician?
Abstract
Facial trauma is a commonly encountered presentation to emergency departments. When associated airway compromise occurs, co-existing head and neck injuries serve to produce a challenging clinical situation. We describe two patients who suffered multi-system trauma, with severe maxillofacial injuries that necessitated prompt definitive airway management and mid-face stabilisation in the pre-hospital and emergency department phases of resuscitation. The McKesson prop is a simple yet highly effective tool for use in these injuries.
- Facial trauma
- McKesson Prop
- airway compromise
- airway
- maxillo-facial
- nursing
- pre-hospital
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Competing interests None.
Patient consent Obtained.
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