Laryngotracheal
Digestive
Airway obstruction
Crepitus
Vascular
Neurologic
Vigorous
bleeding,
internal or
external
Retropharyngeal air Expansile or
pulsatile
hematoma
Altered
consciousness
Stridor
Subcutaneous
emphysema
Hemiparesis
Retractions
Pneumomediastinum Absent
pulsations
(carotid,
superficial
temporal, or
ophthalmic
artery)
Hemiplegia
Cough
Hematemesis
Unexplained
hypotension
Quadriplegia
Aspiration
Chest or neck pain
Hemothorax
Seizures
Pneumomediastinum Neck tenderness
Cardiac
tamponade
Bruit
Pneumothorax
Dysphagia
Hemiplegia
Cervicosensory
deficits
Crepitus
Odynophagia
Hemiparesis
Aphasia
Subcutaneous
emphysema
Saliva in wound
Aphasia
Horner syndrome
(ipsilateral
cervical
sympathetics)
Tracheal deviation
Drooling
Monocular
blindness
Cranial nerve IX–
XII dysfunction
Endobronchial
bleeding
Hemoptysis
Fever
Loss of
Tongue deviation
consciousness
(hypoglossal)
Neck
Drooping of
asymmetry,
corner of the
Dyspnea
Mediastinitis
Bruit
Generalized
weakness