1. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

2. Upper Airway

3. Lower Airway (Mechanics of Respiration)

4. Airway Management Assess for Airway Obstruction!
Difficulty breathing
Patient conduct (anxious, combative)
Abnormal sounds
Improve/Establish Airway Through Maneuvers
Chin lift
Jaw thrust
Remove Debris/Suction
Airway Adjuncts:
Nasal airway (Primary)
Oral airway

5. Airway Obstruction
The most common obstruction is from a prolapsed tongue!
Why?

6. Airway Obstruction Blood Clots, Teeth Soft Tissue & Bones Swelling
Position of Head
Head Injury

7. Improve/Establish Airway
Chin Lift Method
(NON-TRAUMA)

8. Improve/Establish Airway
Jaw Thrust Method

9. Remove Debris and Suction

10. Nasopharyngeal Airway

11. Nasopharyngeal Airway
Lubricate !
Insert along floor of nasal cavity
If resistance met, use back-and forth motion
Don’t Force – Use other nostril
If patient gags, withdraw slightly

12. Oral Pharyngeal Airway

13. Oral Pharyngeal Airway
Measure
Confirm patient is unconscious
Insert, rotate 180 degrees as inserting

14. Questions?