• PROPER ANDEFFICIENT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IS AN
ESSENTIAL SKILL.
• IT IS THE FIRST STEP WHEN DEALING WITH
UNCONSCIOUS , TRAUMATIZED OR SEVERELY INJURED
PATIENTS.
• LOSS OF PATENT AIRWAY CAN LEAD TO LIFE
THREATENING HYPOXIA.
4.
BASIC AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
•AIRWAYS: CONDUCT AIR,
OUTSIDE & INSIDE BODY
(INTO & OUT OF THE LUNGS)
•Inspired O
Inspired O2
2 = 20%
= 20%
•BRAIN can not tolerate
BRAIN can not tolerate
Hypoxia ›4 min
Hypoxia ›4 min
• Expired O
Expired O2
2 =16%
=16%
RECOGNITION OF AIRWAYOBSTRUCTION
LOOK
Chest / Abdominal
Movement
LISTEN
Breath Sounds
,
at mouth and nose
Snoring, gurgling
FEEL
Mouth / Nose
for expired air
9.
SIGNS OF RESPIRATORYOBSTRUCTION
1. SNORING OR GURGLE
2. STRIDOR OR ABNORMAL BREATH SOUNDS
3. AGITATION (HYPOXIA)
4. ACCESSORY MUSCLES
5. PARADOXICAL BREATHING
6. CYANOSIS
10.
MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY
OBSTRUCTION
•Exclude Foreign Body
Exclude Foreign Body
• No Sedation
No Sedation
• Urgent Treatment
Urgent Treatment
Open airway
Open airway
Check for breathing
Check for breathing
• Always Reassess
Always Reassess
Seek help
Seek help
OPENING THE AIRWAY
•HEAD TILT / CHIN LIFT OR JAW THRUST
• THEY ARE BASIC MANOEUVRES USED TO MANAGE
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY BACKWARD FALL
OF THE TONGUE IN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM.
• CAUTION! –JAWTHRUST IS DONE IF THERE IS
SUSPECTED CERVICAL SPINE INJURY
• MANUAL IN LINE STABILIZATION BY ASSISTANT MUST BE
DONE.
• DEATH FROM HYPOXIA > FROM CERVICAL SPINAL
CORD INJURY
18.
SIMPLE AIRWAY ADJUNCTS
•THE OROPHARYNGEAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAYS ARE
USED TO MANAGE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE
TONGUE IN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS.
OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
• SIZETHE AIRWAY BY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM THE
INCISORS TO THE ANGLE OF THE JAW.
• INSERT THE AIRWAY SO THAT ITS CONCAVE SIDE FACES AWAY
FROM THE TONGUE.
• INSERT THE AIRWAY INTO THE MOUTH TO APPROXIMATELY
ONE-THIRD OF ITS LENGTH. WHILST GENTLY PUSHING THE
AIRWAY FURTHER IN, ROTATE IT 180° AND SLIDE IT IN TO ITS
FULL EXTENT.
NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
• SIZETHE AIRWAY BY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM THE
NOSTRIL TO THE LOBULE OF THE EAR.
• CHOOSE A DIAMETER LIKE THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE VICTIM.
• LUBRICATE AND INSERT.
27.
• AFTER MANAGINGAIRWAY OBSTRUCTION , IF BREATHING IS
NOT ADEQUATE, WE MUST VENTILATE THE PATIENT.
• WE CAN DO:
• MOUTH TO MOUTH BREATHING,
• USE POCKET MASK OR
• USE AMBU BAG.
MOUTH TO MASKVENTILATION
ADVANTAGES:
• AVOIDS DIRECT PERSON TO
PERSON CONTACT
• DECREASES POTENTIAL FOR
CROSS INFECTION
• ALLOWS OXYGEN ENRICHMENT
LIMITATIONS:
• MAINTENANCE OF AIRTIGHT
SEAL
• GASTRIC INFLATION WITH AIR.
• VENTILATION: SELFINFLATING BAG
Advantages
Advantages
•Avoids direct person
Avoids direct person
to person contact
to person contact
•O
O2
2 supplementation
supplementation
•Can be used with
Can be used with
Facemask, LMA,
Facemask, LMA,
Combitube, tracheal
Combitube, tracheal
tube
tube
Limitations
Limitations
With facemask:
With facemask:
•Inadequate
Inadequate
ventilation
ventilation
•Gastric inflation
Gastric inflation
with air
with air
•Two persons for
Two persons for
optimal use
optimal use
COMBITUBE
ADVANTAGES
• RAPID &EASY
INSERTION
• AVOIDS
LARYNGOSCOPY
• PROTECTS AGAINST
ASPIRATION
• CAN BE USED WITH
HIGH INFLATION
PRESSURES
Limitations
Limitations
• 2 sizes only
2 sizes only
• Ventilation via wrong
Ventilation via wrong
lumen
lumen
• Damage to cuffs
Damage to cuffs
• Trauma
Trauma
• Single use
Single use
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
TECHNIQUE:
• PRE-OXYGENATION
•30 SECONDS ONLY FOR ATTEMPT
• INSERT TUBE THROUGH LARYNX UNDER DIRECT VISION
• IF IN DOUBT OR DIFFICULTY, RE-OXYGENATE BEFORE FURTHER
ATTEMPTS
A PATIENT MAY BE HARMED BY FAILURE OF OXYGENATION,
NOT FAILURE OF INTUBATION!
50.
• OPTIMAL PATIENTPOSITION
• USUALLY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA
(IV INDUCTION, MUSCLE RELAXATION & IPPV )
• OROTRACHEAL / NASOTRACHEAL
• EXTUBATION
51.
HEAD POSITIONING:
HEADPOSITIONING: "SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR",
"SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR", THE NECK
THE NECK
SLIGHTLY
SLIGHTLY FLEXED
FLEXED AND THE HEAD
AND THE HEAD EXTENDED.
EXTENDED. A PILLOW UNDER
A PILLOW UNDER
THE HEAD AND NECK BUT
THE HEAD AND NECK BUT NOT
NOT UNDER THE SHOULDERS.
UNDER THE SHOULDERS.
A STRAIGHT LINE OF VISION
A STRAIGHT LINE OF VISION
FROM THE MOUTH TO THE
FROM THE MOUTH TO THE
VOCAL CORDS
VOCAL CORDS
CONFIRMING CORRECT ETTPLACEMENT:
CONFIRMING CORRECT ETT PLACEMENT:
• DIRECT VISUALISATION AT LARYNGOSCOPY
DIRECT VISUALISATION AT LARYNGOSCOPY
• AUSCULTATION:
AUSCULTATION:
• - BILATERALLY, MID-AXILLARY LINE
- BILATERALLY, MID-AXILLARY LINE
• - OVER THE EPIGASTRIUM
- OVER THE EPIGASTRIUM
• SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CHEST
SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CHEST
• OESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE
OESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE
• CAPNOMETRY
CAPNOMETRY
•ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Advantages
Advantages
• Ventilationwith
Ventilation with
up to 100% O
up to 100% O2
2
• Isolates airway,
Isolates airway,
preventing
preventing
aspiration
aspiration
• Allows Airway
Allows Airway
aspiration
aspiration
•Alternative rout
Alternative rout
for drug
for drug
administration
administration
Limitations
Limitations
• Training & experience
Training & experience
• Failed insertion,
Failed insertion,
oesophageal placement
oesophageal placement
• Potential to worsen
Potential to worsen
cervical cord or head
cervical cord or head
injury
injury
NEEDLE CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY
INDICATION
• FAILURETO PROVIDE AN AIRWAY
BY ANY MEANS
• (CICO SITUATION)
COMPLICATIONS
• MALPOSITION OF CANNULA
• EMPHYSEMA
• HAEMORRHAGE
• OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION
• HYPOVENTILATION
• BAROTRAUMA
62.
• Loss ofa patent patient airway
can lead to life- threatening
hypoxia within two to three
minutes.
To sum up…
63.
• Airway management(AWM)
skills are very essential for all
physicians dealing with
anesthetized, unconscious,
traumatized or critically ill
patients.
64.
He, who failsto prepare
,
prepares to failure
!
(Knowledge, skills and facilities)