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Immediate priorities
Time-critical stabilization
Airway threat triggers
Active oral bleeding with suction dependence
Inability to handle secretions
Expanding floor-of-mouth swelling
Bilateral mandible fracture with tongue base instability
Altered mental status with facial trauma
If airway threat triggers present, early airway team activation
Video laryngoscopy first-line
Bougie readiness
Two-suction setup
Surgical airway backup
Hemorrhage priorities
Direct pressure to external bleeding
Gauze packing for focal intraoral bleeding
If uncontrolled bleeding, hemostatic agent packing per local formulary
Cervical spine precautions until cleared
High-risk mechanism
Focal neurologic deficit
Early consultations and coordination
Maxillofacial surgery or ENT
Open fracture concern
Malocclusion
Segment mobility
Trauma surgery
Polytrauma pattern
Hemodynamic instability
Dentistry
Dentition instability
Dentoalveolar fracture concern
Monitoring and initial orders
Monitoring bundle
Continuous pulse oximetry
Cardiac monitoring for high-risk trauma
Capnography if sedation or airway intervention
Frequent reassessment for airway progression
Analgesia and nausea prevention
Multimodal pain control plan
Antiemetic for vomiting risk
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