Nasotracheal intubation

[Reuben Driedger]

You should definetly avoid nasally intubating a head trauma patient, as there's potential to enter the cerebrum if there's a cribriform plate fracture. The ideal airway management in a patient with trismus is performing a rapid sequence intubation (RSI). 
Reuben


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