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Company description::
Medical device offers a quick release for broken jaw wired shut-protection from aspiration!
QUICK RELEASE DEVICE FOR BROKEN JAW WIRED SHUT.
NO WIRE CUTTERS NEEDED IN CASE OF SICKNESS.
Reduces the inherent risk of aspiration due to possible inhalation of vomit with the jaws tightly wired shut.
Casey Surgical LLC announces a new medical device (QUICK RELEASE ARCH BAR KIT) for the treatment of a broken jaw (Intermaxillary Fixation).
This device offers the patient a Quick Release in case of vomiting or choking attack.
By modifying the more commonly used devices and techniques i.e. adding a series of adjustable loops onto the arch bar and employing a Release Bar (rip cord) with a swing out handle, in the event of an emergency the handle can be grasped and pulled from the appliance to make available a sure escape from fixation.
In light of this new appliance, the old method of wire them shut and tell them to use a pair of wire cutters or scissors in an urgent situation presents unprincipled risks.
Generally in an emergency a patient is advised to place wire cutters and/or scissors within ones mouth, (between teeth, arch bars and cheeks) and cut all wires or bands binding the patients’ jaws together. Cutting wires could be difficult - at best.
Wire cutters can be misplaced or forgotten and patients can be found with less than adequate skills and dexterity to achieve a crucial release of fixation.
Inhalation of vomitus can and does occur in Intermaxillary Fixation, which can lead to pneumonia and/or death.
Normally a patient encounters little more than stress during the time spent wired shut.
With the Quick Release arch bar kit even the stress is lessened.
THE NEED TO OPEN THE JAWS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
Regurgitation of stomach contents prompts the mouth to open widely, allowing the contents, whether liquid or solids to flow unimpeded from the throat and mouth.
The act of opening the mouth also prompts the closure of the airway, therefore lessening the chance of aspiration of the regurgitated liquid or solids.
Not a perfect method, but it will work, if one is able to spontaneously open one's mouth while regurgitating.
Being restricted in opening one's mouth can prompt a "panic" gasp, which will cause the aspiration of whatever is in the mouth, leading to asphyxiation, and if one survives the asphyxiation, it can lead to a respiratory complication and even pneumonia.
All liquid in does not mean all liquid out in case of emesis. Enzymes in the stomach coagulate some liquids such as milk (just like making cheese).
Normally the patient will be worried about the aspect of getting sick or choking with their jaws wired shut - and the standard reply from the surgeon is: "Cut all the wires holding your teeth together, but if you can’t get them cut in time, liquid goes in so liquid will come out."
www.caseysurgical.com
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