Airway Managment And Equipment Flashcards
Describe how to maintain basic airway patency
Head tilt chin lift
Use either oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal
Cab be used with a bag mask ventilation
What is an oropharyngeal
Inserted into the mouth
Different colours
Keeps tongue out the way
sizing should be from mouth to tragus
What is a nasopharyngeal
Goes into the nose
Doing according from nose to tragus
Should only be used if no skull fracture
Complications of oropharyngeal
Vomiting in patients with gag reflex
Airway obstruction if tongue gets in the way during insertion
What is a simple oxygen mask
Used to increase oxygen levels
Normal oxygen =21% Increase to 35-50
What is a non re-breathe mask
Fresh new supply of oxygen
95-100% new delivery
Bag valve mask
Technique used for patients no breathing =POSITIVE PRESSURE
Held of patients nose to chin creating a seal with fingers in a C shape
Maintains oxygenation
So patients can be ventilated
What are some advanced airway techniques
Supra Glottic airway device e.g LMA OR IGEL
endo tracheal intubation ETT
surgical methods
I gel
Different sizes according to weight
3-4 for female
4-5 for male
Can be used for short procedures,bmi not high ,low risk aspiration
Advantages of I gel over laryngeal mask (lma)
Has additional features to reduce aspiration
High seal pressure so high ventilation pressure
Another tube to stomach to absorb food content
Endo tracheal tube
Inflate cuff with syringe
High seal prevents aspiration
Has to be paralysed
If Long procedure for more than one or two hours need for high airway pressures e.g obesity or lung complications
Laryngoscopy equipment types
Macintosh
Miller
Macintosh
Read as Mac then number depending on size
Curved blade
Available in different sizes
Miller
Useful for babies as it lifts epiglottis
Straight blade
McCoy
Another version of Macintosh
Lifts epiglottis
Increases view of larynx
Less risk or patient trauma
Less force to intubate
Small vertical part going down at the end of
