You are called to attend to an 18-year-old risk-taking adolescent who has just crashed
his skateboard. The teen has been injured by a blow to his unprotected head. Unfortunately,
the teen has been rendered unconscious and airway intervention is indicated. You open
the lips of the injured teen only to discover that his jaws have been wired together
from a previous traumatic event.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 10, 2007
Accepted:
November 9,
2006
Received in revised form:
June 16,
2006
Received:
August 31,
2005
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