86 Supraglottic Airway

Question 1

What are the INDICATIONS for the SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY medical directive?

Answer 1

Need for ventilatory assistance or airway control
Other airway management is ineffective

Question 2

What are the CONTRAINDICATIONS for a SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY?

Answer 2

Caustic Ingestion
Airway obstructed by FBAO
Trauma to the Oropharynx
Esophageal disease (varices)

Question 3

What are the CONDITIONS for a SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY?

Answer 3

Absent Gag Reflex

Question 4

What is the MAX ATTEMPTS for SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY insertion?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

What is the acronym CATE stand for?

Answer 5

Caustic Ingestion
Airway obstructed by FBAO
Trauma to the Oropharynx
Esophageal disease (varices)

Question 6

What are the PRIMARY methods to confirm SGA placement?

Answer 6

ETCO2 (waveform capnography)

Question 7

What are the SECONDARY methods to confirm SGA placement?

Answer 7

ETCO2 (non-waveform device)
Auscultation
Chest Rise