Airway and Ventilatory Management
Airway and Ventilatory Management
Airway and Ventilatory Management
and
Ventilatory
Management
Initial Assessment and Management
Chapter Statement
● 34-year-old motorcyclist
lost control and crashed
into a fence
● Obvious facial trauma
● No helmet
● Smells of alcohol
● Belligerent at scene; now
not communicating
● Pulse oximeter 85%
Objectives
When to intervene in a
patient with a patent airway
• Impending airway compromise
(Airway problem)
Basic Techniques
Chin-lift Maneuver
Airway Management
Basic Techniques
Jaw-thrust Maneuver
Airway Management
Basic Adjuncts
Oropharyngeal airway
● Patients who can tolerate an oral airway will usually need
intubation
Nasopharyngeal airway
● Often well tolerated
Definitive Airway
Surgical airway
● Cricothyroidotomy
Needle Surgical
Airway Confirmation
● 34-year-old motorcyclist
lost control and crashed
into a fence
● Obvious facial trauma
● No helmet
● Smells of alcohol
● Belligerent at scene;
now not communicating
● Pulse oximeter 85%
Questions?
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Summary