8. FACIAL TRAUMA MANAGEMENT
• PRIMARY SURVEY AIMS TO
– IDENTIFY ANY LIFE THREATENING
CONDITIONS
• RESUSCITATION
– TO STABILISE THE PATIENT
9. FACIAL TRAUMA MANAGEMENT
• NORMALLY IN A CASE OF FACIAL
TRAUMA THE PATIENT IS TO BE
KEPT SEMIPRONE
• IN A CASE OF MULTI-TRAUMA THE
C-SPINE HAS TO BE IMMOBALIZED
AND THE AIRWAY ALSO
CONTROLLED
10. AIRWAY CONTROL
• HIGH INDEX OF SUSPICION FOR
OBSTRUCTING AIRWAY
• FREQUENT RE-ASSESSMENT
• AIRWAY STARTS FROM MOUTH AND
UPTO THE LARYNX
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12. AIRWAY CONTROL
• OBSTRUCTION MAY OCCUR DUE TO
– DROWSINESS
• ALCOHOL
• HEAD INJURY
– FOREIGN BODY
• GUMS SWEETS DENTURES TEETH
– BLOOD / VOMITUS
13. AIRWAY CONTROL
• IDENTIFY ORAL OR NASAL
BLEEDING
• IF THE NECK IS IMMOBALISED
• PRESENCE OF AN EXPERIENCED
ANAESTHETIST
14.
15. AIRWAY CONTROL
• CAN THE PATIENT SIT UP?
– IN AN AGGRESSIVE PATIENT
– EITHER RULE OUT SPINAL INJURY OR
– KEEP THE NECK IN A RIGID CERVICLE
COLLAR
– CAREFUL MONITORING
16. AIRWAY CONTROL
• FRACTURES AND SOFT TISSUES
SWELLING
– BILATERAL FRACTURE MANDIBLE
– MIDFACE FRACTURE
– PANFACIAL INJURIES
– SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO THE NECK
• MAY TAKE HOURS TO DEVELOP
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18. AIRWAY CONTROL
• ANTERIOR NECK INJURY LOOK FOR
– HOARSE VOICE
– HAEMOPTYSIS
– SURGICAL EMPHYSEMA
– FRACTURE CREPITUS
19.
20.
21. AIRWAY CONTROL
• CAREFULLY PALPATE THE
– GREAT VESSELS
– HYOID BONE
– LARYNX
– LOOK FOR EXTERNAL SWELLING
22. THE CERVICLE SPINE
• ALWAYS ASSUME CERVICLE SPINAL
INJURY TO BE PERSENT
• UNSTABLE LIGAMENTOUS INJURY
CAN BE PRESENT DESPITE NORMAL
BONY STRUCTURE