CWIs Flashcards
Indications for SGA
N/A
Contras for SGA
- gag reflex or resistance to insertion
- trismus or strong jaw tone
- epiglottitis or upper airway obstruction
- use of sedation to insert
Precautions for SGA
- pt with high airway pressures, obese, pregnant, respiratory disease, asthma
- kids less than 14 yrs due to enlarged tonsils
- unable to prepare in sniffing position
- vomit in airway
- do not prevent passive regurgitation or gastric distension
Indications for Quikclot
- uncontrolled haemorrhage from non-compressible wound site
- any traumatic haemorrhage that is not controlled by basic haemorrhage control measures such as direct pressure with pad and bandage
- severe limb wounds not controlled by 2 tourniquets
- multiple casualty scenes where patient numbers dictate that simple haemorrhage control cannot be individually applied
Contras for Quikclot
- bleeding that can be controlled using basic first aid
- ocular trauma
- not to be used for haemorrhage where they are unlikely to contact the point of bleeding such as PV or PR haemorrhage, or posterior epistaxis
Precautions for Quikclot
nil
Things to listen for when auscultating
- air entry
- lung sounds normal
- do left and right sound the same
- wheeze
- crackles
- fine or course crackles
Indications for back blows
conscious adult, child or infant with severe foreign body airway obstruction with ineffective cough and unable to speak
Contras for back blows
- newborns, suction preferred
- unconscious pt
Precautions for back blows
nil
Indications for Laryncoscopy
pt in altered conscious state, without gag reflex, requiring inspection of the airway
Contras for laryngoscopy
nil
Precautions for laryngoscopy
- epiglottits
- croup
Indications for magills
foreign body airway obstruction with altered conscious state
contras for magills
nil
precautions for magills
nil
Indications for y suction catheter
suction may be required when a pt is in altered conscious state and unable to protect their own airway from secretions, vomit, bile
Contras for y suction catheter
nil
Precautions for y suction catheter
- croup
- epiglottis
- upper airway obstructions
Indications for NPA
unconscious pt presenting with trismus, when an OPA cannot be inserted