Management of a Respiratory Emergency in the Antarctic Winter: A Case of Foreign Body Aspiration

Joanna Coldron

doi:10.1580/06-WEME-CR-017R2.1

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Joanna Coldron¹

¹From British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Abstract

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.

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Joanna Coldron "Management of a Respiratory Emergency in the Antarctic Winter: A Case of Foreign Body Aspiration," Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 18(2), 120-126, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1580/06-WEME-CR-017R2.1

Published: 1 June 2007