Management of a respiratory emergency in the antarctic winter: a case of foreign body aspiration.
I report on a case of left main bronchus occlusion by an inhaled foreign body at a remote Antarctic scientific base during the austral winter. The dilemmas of on-site treatment and the challenges of aeromedical evacuation from such a remote environment are presented.
Coldron
Joanna
J
British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit, Sheffield, United Kingdom. jcoldron@hotmail.com
D000328:Adult; D017732:Air Ambulances; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001995:Bronchography; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome