2. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

3. Upper Airway

4. Lower Airway (Mechanics of Respiration)

5. 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

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

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

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

9. Improve/Establish Airway
Jaw Thrust Method

10. Remove Debris and Suction

11. Nasopharyngeal Airway

12. 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

13. Oral Pharyngeal Airway

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

15. Questions?