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Critical burn patient with an unknown neuromuscular disease: conclusion.

Knight WA, Gunderman M, Hinckley WR

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A 37-year-old man was severely burned while trying to fill a lighter with fuel while smoking. He sustained full-thickness (third-degree) burns over 60% to 70% of his body, including the oropharynx. A ground-based paramedic was unable to orotracheally intubate the patient after the administration of morphine and diazepam. The flight crew's assessment found an awake, alert man who was unable to speak because of his oral injuries. The Glasgow Coma Scale was estimated to be 10. In addition, the patient was wheelchair-bound from an undefined neuromuscular disease. The patient was successfully intubated by the flight team as in the following description.

Published 7 July 2008 in Air Med J, 27(4): 160-6.
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