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This sounds like quite a complex surgery with lots of staff, and also something new and novel. If someone here is a medical expert, I’m curious what happens if
by throwawaysea 6y ago
This sounds like quite a complex surgery with lots of staff, and also something new and novel. If someone here is a medical expert, I’m curious what happens if someone’s trachea is damaged significantly in some incident - is there currently no “emergency” treatment for that situation?
- ceejayoz 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheal_intubation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheal_intubation and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheotomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheotomy
- rscho 6y agoThe emergency treatment depends on the extent and location of damage. For damage lying high enough, tracheostomy is an option. If the extent of damage is small enough one might get through with (very risky) emergency intubation and later tracheal repair. In case of critical damage to the lower airways, you usually don't have to think because patients are dead by the time they reach an airway expert.