• Facial fractures & trauma
    • Causes of airway difficulty
      • Airway obstruction
      • Intoxication
      • Full stomach
      • Disruption of normal anaomy
      • C-spine protection
    • Management
      • Simple airway manoeuvres (may not be possible)
      • Oral/nasal intubation with RSI
      • Inhaled induction
      • Awake intubation
      • Surgical airway
    • Facial fractures
      • Mandible #
      • Mid face #
        • Le Fort I
          • Low level #
        • Le Fort II
          • Pyramidal/sub-zygomatic #
        • Le Fort III
          • Supra zygomatic #
    • Patients commonly have associated injuries or present following intoxication
    • CEACCP
      Link:ceaccp.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/4/108.full.pdf