title: Life-threatening airway obstruction presenting as a simple mechanical fall.
abstract: Emergency medicine requires an ability to manage the undifferentiated patient, often under pressure and with limited or conflicting information. Advanced airway management is an integral component of emergency care but is only one of a broad range of cross-specialty skills used in daily practice. This case demonstrates these factors, while describing a precipitous presentation of a rare clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. kevje26@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enright
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Alasdair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gray