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Pediatric Airway Management
Brian Rogge RN, EMT-P Pediatric Flight Nurse NW MedStar
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What is Airway Management?
Opening the airway Clearing the airway Securing the airway After A comes B.
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Why? Most pediatric cardiac arrests are secondary to respiratory arrest or airway issue.
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Open the airway Older Kids (greater than 5 years of age)
More Similar to adults Head tilt chin lift Think C-spine (Jaw thrust) Younger Children Cervical spine very flexible Can push posterior pharynx toward tongue and occlude airway “Sniffing position”
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Open the airway Towels are your friend!
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Hey, what’s that sound
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Everybody look what’s goin down
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Is airway open? Are they now spontaneously breathing
Do you need to clear the airway? Can you assist if they are not breathing Chest Rise Feel the bag Again do you need to clear the airway? This is a question you will need to ask over and over and over and over (how long is this transport?)
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Clearing the airway NO BLIND FINGER SWEEPS! Suctioning the airway
Infant back blows and chest thrusts (5 each) Pediatric heimlich on witness choking until unresponsive Suctioning the airway Not just for something to do May cause harm Trauma Bradycardia
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Clearing the airway Positioning Drainage
Semi-fowlers Rescue position Older children position of comfort Remember other issues such as trauma
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Securing the airway Check your protocols!!!!
Not every agency has intubation within their protocols Can be very challenging due to frequency and pitfalls Do you need to phone a friend? Rendezvous with ALS or Air Service? Medical Control (this is where closest appropriate facility may be challenging)
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Securing the airway Know your equipment!!! Oral pharyngeal airways
Nasal Pharyngeal airway
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Securing the airway More definitive airways Combitubes King Airways
Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Endotracheal tubes Uncuffed Cuffed
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So finally done…..with A Move on to “B”reathing Rate Rhythm Quality
Sustainability and Trending Reassessment
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Rates Newborn 35-40 Infant (6 months) 30-50 Toddler (2 years) 25-32
Child Adolescent Adult
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Breathing Is yours affective? Chest rise Color Improvement
If not, change what you need
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Questions? Brian Rogge
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POST-TEST 1. You can occlude the airway in a pediatric patient by:
1. You can occlude the airway in a pediatric patient by: A) Hyperextending the neck B) Hyperflexing the neck C) Both A & B are correct D) None of the above 2. Pediatric tongue is relatively larger than the adult tongue A) True B) False 3. Wheezing and Stridor are signs of what respiratory problems: A) Wheezing is from problems in the upper airway, stridor is from lower airway (lungs) B) Wheezing and stridor are different names for the same thing C) Wheezing is from problems in the lower airway (lungs), stridor is from upper airway D) They are different, but treated the same way so it doesn’t matter 4.Pediatric cardiac arrest is usually caused from: A) Primary cardiac arrest (sudden cardiac arrhythmia) B) Primary respiratory problem (respiratory issue which leads to cardiac arrest) 5.There are many EMS agencies in which Pediatric intubation are not within their protocols:
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A) Right behind the tongue
SECRET QUESTION The narrowest part of the pediatric airway is: A) Right behind the tongue B) Right above the vocal cords C) At the vocal cords when they are open D) At the cricoid cartilage
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Stitchin’ Dreams Embroidery For providing our Secret Question prize
Special thanks to Sheila Crow Stitchin’ Dreams Embroidery For providing our Secret Question prize
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Questions? Contact: Samantha Roberts 509-242-4264 1-866-630-4033 robertss@inhs.org Fax: 509-232-8344
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