A Challenging Penetrating Trauma Case

Abstract We present the prehospital management of a 23-year-old Australian Aboriginal man with an isolated knife stab wound to the posterior right chest. The lead author attended to the prehospital management of this young man during tenure as a registrar in retrieval medicine for CareFlight Medical...

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Published in:Air medical journal 2016-03, Vol.35 (2), p.88-92
Main Authors: Snoek, Seetal, MBBS, BSC, MRCA, FRCA, Butson, Benjamin, BSc (hons), BMBS (hons), FACEM, FACRRM, Grad dip rural GP, GCertsportmed, CCPU, Wittenberg, Mark, MBChB, BSc (hons), FRCA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Ambulances
Drainage
Emergency
Emergency Medical Services - methods
Equipment Failure
Health administration
Hemothorax - etiology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical Errors
Thoracic Injuries - complications
Thoracic Injuries - therapy
Ventilators, Mechanical
Wounds, Stab - complications
Wounds, Stab - therapy
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract We present the prehospital management of a 23-year-old Australian Aboriginal man with an isolated knife stab wound to the posterior right chest. The lead author attended to the prehospital management of this young man during tenure as a registrar in retrieval medicine for CareFlight Medical Services (CMS) in North Queensland, Australia. The case is noteworthy because it involved a combination of a life-threatening injury with a superimposed iatrogenic injury. The case will be of interest to physicians and clinicians in prehospital medicine as well as those in low-volume emergency departments or facilities in which major trauma may present infrequently.
ISSN:1067-991X
1532-6497
DOI:10.1016/j.amj.2015.12.007