This document discusses airway management. It begins with an introduction defining the airway and types of airway obstruction like partial or complete blockage. It then covers airway assessment including signs of a patent, protected, or compromised airway. The document outlines various airway management techniques like head tilt/chin lift, oropharyngeal airways, nasopharyngeal airways, laryngeal mask airways, and endotracheal tubes. It concludes with reminding to immobilize the cervical spine if trauma is suspected.

1. AIRWAY
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTER; IRENE MASWI
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
01 INTRODUCTION
02 AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
03 AIRWAY ASSESSMENT
04 AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
05 SUMMARY
06 REFERENCES
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3. INTRODUCTION
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4. AIRWAY
● The pathway through which air
flows into your lungs.
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5. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
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6. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
● Is the complete or partial blockage of
airway that prevents or limits
ventilation.
TYPES;
● Partial airway obstruction- snoring
● Complete airway obstruction--
paradoxical movement
● Upper airway obstruction- inspiratory
stridor
● Lower airway obstruction - expiratory
wheeze
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7. AIRWAY ASSESSMENT
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8. AIRWAY ASSESSMENT
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9. AIRWAY
PATENT AIRWAY
PROTECTED AIRWAY
● Talking or crying
patient
● No intervention needed
● Presence of gag reflex
( unconscious
patients)
● Definitive airway in
place
● Maneuvers
● Stridor
● Snoring
● Secretions
COMPROMISED AIRWAY
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10. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
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11. AIRWAY POSITIONING MANEUVERS
HEAD TILT, CHIN LIFT JAW THRUST
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12. OROPHARYNGEAL
AIRWAY
● Is an airway adjunct used to
maintain or open the away and
preventing the tongue from
falling back to the epiglottis.
● Mostly in unconscious patients
or post anaesthesia
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13. CONTRAINDICATIONS
CONSCIOUS PATIENTS
FOREIGN BODY
INTACT GAG REFLEX
NASAL FRACTURES
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14. NASOPHARYNGEAL
AIRWAY
● Is an airway adjunct inserted to
the nasal passageway that help
to keep airway open
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15. ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATIONS
BASILAR SKULL
FRACTURE
DISRUPTION OF
MIDFACE
FACIAL TRAUMA
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16. RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS
SUSPECTED EPIGLOTTITIS
RECENT NASAL SURGERY
BLEEDING DISORDERS
NASAL POLYPS
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17. LARYNGEAL MASK
AIRWAY
● Not commonly used
● Temporary airway to ventilate
patients
● Used mostly in failed intubation or
patients who cannot be ventilated
● Contraindications; patients that
cannot open mouth, complete upper
airway obstruction
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18. ENDOTRACHEAL
TUBE
● Inserted to ventilate the patient
INDICATIONS
● Airway (airway obstruction)
● Breathing (pneumonia, COPD)
● Circulation (shock)
● Disability (low GCS)
● Post CPR of any cause
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19. CERVICAL
IMMOBILIZATION
● If trauma patient with cervical
spine injury - immobilize
cervical spine
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SUMMARY

21. REFERENCES
1. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Second edition. Prof.
Hendry Sawe
2. https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/bec-abcde-
approach.pptx?sfvrsn=a37650c3_2
3. https://youtu.be/FCfLG63HYJo?si=kKH5r93-4D8E7mKG
4. https://youtu.be/Lurq9DroJag?si=nuOfIrW4rYtIMACi
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. https://youtube.com/shorts/SZoQWRHRViE?si=KQhLEPqhWEzkUkgT
2. https://youtu.be/T4qNgi4Vrvo?si=qx4rckVFpOz2UWui
3. https://youtu.be/oeoAze-CHng?si=1aCU6QUfV0dama53
4. https://youtube.com/shorts/BNoCJzkH-ug?si=H3Hno0fJP8oPArnN
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