TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Arch Bar Separation A1 - Robinson, Richard Dean A1 - Pientka, Amanda A1 - Duong, Phuc Ba A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - The evaluation and management of the airway is a crucial component of any critically ill medical or trauma patient. Any airway has the potential to be challenging. Certain situations complicate our standard approach to securing the airway and warrant attention. Mandibular and maxillofacial trauma complicate the standard approach to securing an airway. Patients presenting with hardware in place due to previous mandibular and/or maxillofacial fixation and requiring airway protection and/or intubation represent a potentially challenging situation. The technique for emergent mandibular and/or maxillofacial fixation release to facilitate airway rescue will be discussed in this chapter. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159810274 ER -