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Field Airway Management of a Construction Worker with an Impaling Rebar Injury to the Neck and Brain

Nicola NicolaisenFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
, DO,
Azeemuddin AhmedFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, MBA,
Toby HancockFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
, PS &
Rick OgrenFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
, RN, BSN
Pages 548-552 | Received 11 Apr 2012, Accepted 22 Apr 2012, Published online: 23 Jul 2012

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