Airway Management Tutorial: Emergency Medicine Presentation

AIRWAY TUTORIAL Made by : hana peshara
Assistant lecturer of emergency
medicine.

OUR AGENDA :
•What is the airway .
•Causes of airway obstruction.
•Recognition of airway obstruction.
•Basic techniques for opening the airway .
•Airway adjuncts.
•Oxygen supply.
•Ventilation.
•Advanced airway management.
•Chocking .

AIRWAY ANATOMY :

CAUSES OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION :
Partial airway obstruction .
Complete airway obstruction .
Examples :
•Vomitus
•Blood
•Foreign body
•Oedema
•Laryngeal spasm

RECOGNITION OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION :
•Look : for chest and abdominal movement .
•Listen: for any breathing sounds or any abnormal
sounds ( stridor , wheezes , snoring ).
•Feel : for expired air and chest movement .