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69 relations: ABC (medicine), Abdominal thrusts, Advanced airway management, Air trapping, Airway obstruction, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, American Red Cross, Anaphylaxis, Anesthesia, Anesthesiologist, Angioedema, Asphyxia, Bag valve mask, Basic airway management, Basilar skull fracture, Blind insertion airway device, Bone fracture, Bronchoscopy, Bronchus, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Catheter, Cervical collar, Cervical vertebrae, Combitube, Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, Contraindication, Cricothyroid ligament, Cricothyrotomy, Emergency medicine, Epiglottis, European Resuscitation Council, Facial trauma, First aid, Glottis, Head tilt/Chin lift, Intensive care medicine, Intubation, Jaw-thrust maneuver, Laryngeal mask airway, Laryngeal tube, Laryngoscopy, Laryngotracheal stenosis, Larynx, Mechanical ventilation, Medical emergency, Medical equipment, Minimally invasive procedures, Mnemonic, Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, ..., Nasopharyngeal airway, Obtundation, Oropharyngeal airway, Pharyngeal reflex, Pharynx, Pulmonary aspiration, Random House, Recovery position, Respiratory tract, Spinal cord injury, Supine position, Surgical airway management, The Lancet, Tongue, Trachea, Tracheal intubation, Tracheal tube, Tracheotomy, Yankauer suction tip. Expand index (19 more) »
ABC (medicine)
ABC and its variations are initialism mnemonics for essential steps used by both medical professionals and lay persons (such as first aiders) when dealing with a patient.
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Abdominal thrusts
Abdominal thrusts (also called the Heimlich maneuver or Heimlich manoeuvre) is a first aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions (or choking) by foreign objects.
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Advanced airway management
Advanced airway management is the subset of airway management that involves advanced training, skill and invasiveness.
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Air trapping
Air trapping, also called gas trapping, is an abnormal retention of air in the lungs where it is difficult to exhale completely.
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Airway obstruction
Airway obstruction is a blockage of respiration in the airway.
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American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA), founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the United States.
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American Red Cross
The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.
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Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death.
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Anesthesia
In the practice of medicine (especially surgery and dentistry), anesthesia or anaesthesia (from Greek "without sensation") is a state of temporary induced loss of sensation or awareness.
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Anesthesiologist
An anesthesiologist is a physician trained in anesthesia and perioperative medicine.
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Angioedema
Angioedema is an area of swelling of the lower layer of skin and tissue just under the skin or mucous membranes.
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Asphyxia
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing.
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Bag valve mask
A bag valve mask, abbreviated to BVM and sometimes known by the proprietary name Ambu bag or generically as a manual resuscitator or "self-inflating bag", is a hand-held device commonly used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patients who are not breathing or not breathing adequately.
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Basic airway management
Basic airway management are a set of medical procedures performed in order to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensuring an open pathway between a patient’s lungs and the outside world.
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Basilar skull fracture
A basilar skull fracture is a break of a bone in the base of the skull.
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Blind insertion airway device
A blind insertion airway device (BIAD or blind insertion device) is a medical device used for airway management that ensures an open pathway between a patient’s lungs and the outside world, as well as reducing the risk of aspiration, which can be placed without visualization of the glottis.
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Bone fracture
A bone fracture (sometimes abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of the bone.
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Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy is an endoscopic technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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Bronchus
A bronchus, is a passage of airway in the respiratory system that conducts air into the lungs.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
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Catheter
In medicine, a catheter is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions.
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Cervical collar
A cervical collar, also known as a neck brace, is a medical device used to support a person's neck.
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Cervical vertebrae
In vertebrates, cervical vertebrae (singular: vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.
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Combitube
The Combitube—also known as the esophageal tracheal airway or esophageal tracheal double-lumen airway—is a blind insertion airway device (BIAD) used in the pre-hospital and emergency setting.
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal.
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Contraindication
In medicine, a contraindication is a condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain medical treatment due to the harm that it would cause the patient.
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Cricothyroid ligament
The cricothyroid ligament (also known as the cricothyroid membrane or Cricovocal membrane) is composed of two parts.
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Cricothyrotomy
A cricothyrotomy (also called cric, thyrocricotomy, cricothyroidotomy, inferior laryngotomy, intercricothyrotomy, coniotomy or emergency airway puncture) is an incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.
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Emergency medicine
Emergency medicine, also known as accident and emergency medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with caring for undifferentiated, unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.
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Epiglottis
The epiglottis is a flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and the lungs.
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European Resuscitation Council
The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) is the European Interdisciplinary Council for Resuscitation Medicine and Emergency Medical Care.
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Facial trauma
Facial trauma, also called maxillofacial trauma, is any physical trauma to the face.
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First aid
First aid is the assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery.
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Glottis
The glottis is defined as the opening between the vocal folds (the rima glottidis).
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Head tilt/Chin lift
The head-tilt/chin-lift is a procedure used to prevent the tongue obstructing the upper airways.
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Intensive care medicine
Intensive care medicine, or critical care medicine, is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions that may require sophisticated life support and monitoring.
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Intubation
Intubation (sometimes entubation) is a medical procedure involving the insertion of a tube into the body.
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Jaw-thrust maneuver
The jaw-thrust maneuver is a first aid and medical procedure used to prevent the tongue from obstructing the upper airways.
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Laryngeal mask airway
A laryngeal mask airway (LMA) — also known as laryngeal mask— is a medical device that keeps a patient's airway open during anaesthesia or unconsciousness.
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Laryngeal tube
The laryngeal tube (known as the King LT in the U.S.) is an airway management device designed as an alternative to other airway management techniques such as mask ventilation, laryngeal mask airway, and tracheal intubation.
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Laryngoscopy
Laryngoscopy is endoscopy of the larynx, a part of the throat.
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Laryngotracheal stenosis
Laryngotracheal stenosis refers to abnormal narrowing of the central air passageways.
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Larynx
The larynx, commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck of tetrapods involved in breathing, producing sound, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.
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Mechanical ventilation
Mechanical ventilation is the medical term for artificial ventilation where mechanical means is used to assist or replace spontaneous breathing. This may involve a machine called a ventilator or the breathing may be assisted by an anesthesiologist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, physician, physician assistant, respiratory therapist, paramedic, EMT, or other suitable person compressing a bag or set of bellows. Mechanical ventilation is termed "invasive" if it involves any instrument penetrating the trachea through the mouth, such as an endotracheal tube or the skin, such as a tracheostomy tube. There are two main types: positive pressure ventilation, where air (or another gas mix) is pushed into the trachea, and negative pressure ventilation, where air is, in essence, sucked into the lungs. There are many modes of mechanical ventilation, and their nomenclature has been revised over the decades as the technology has continually developed.
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Medical emergency
A medical emergency is an acute injury or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long-term health.
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Medical equipment
Medical equipment (also known as armamentarium) is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.
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Minimally invasive procedures
Minimally invasive procedures (also known as minimally invasive surgeries) encompass surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed and so lessen wound healing time, associated pain and risk of infection.
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Mnemonic
A mnemonic (the first "m" is silent) device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory.
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Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, a form of artificial ventilation, is the act of assisting or stimulating respiration, a metabolic process referring to the overall exchange of gases in the body, where a rescuer presses his or her mouth against that of the victim and blows air into the person's lungs.
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Nasopharyngeal airway
In medicine, a nasopharyngeal airway, also known as an NPA, nasal trumpet (because of its flared end), or nose hose, is a type of airway adjunct, is a tube that is designed to be inserted into the nasal passageway to secure an open airway.
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Obtundation
Obtundation refers to less than full alertness (altered level of consciousness), typically as a result of a medical condition or trauma.
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Oropharyngeal airway
An oropharyngeal airway (also known as an oral airway, OPA or Guedel pattern airway) is a medical device called an airway adjunct used to maintain or open a patient's airway.
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Pharyngeal reflex
The pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex (also known as a laryngeal spasm) is a reflex contraction of the back of the throat, evoked by touching the roof of the mouth, the back of the tongue, the area around the tonsils, the uvula, and the back of the throat.
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Pharynx
The pharynx (plural: pharynges) is the part of the throat that is behind the mouth and nasal cavity and above the esophagus and the larynx, or the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs.
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Pulmonary aspiration
Pulmonary aspiration is the entry of material (such as pharyngeal secretions, food or drink, or stomach contents) from the oropharynx or gastrointestinal tract into the larynx (voice box) and lower respiratory tract (the portions of the respiratory system from the trachea—i.e., windpipe—to the lungs).
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Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.
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Recovery position
The recovery position refers to one of a series of variations on a lateral recumbent or three-quarters prone position of the body, in to which an unconscious but breathing casualty can be placed as part of first aid treatment.
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Respiratory tract
In humans, the respiratory tract is the part of the anatomy of the respiratory system involved with the process of respiration.
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Spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function.
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Supine position
The supine position means lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down.
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Surgical airway management
Surgical airway management (bronchotomy or laryngotomy) is the medical procedure ensuring an open airway between a patient’s lungs and the outside world.
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The Lancet
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal.
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Tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing.
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Trachea
The trachea, colloquially called the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all air-breathing animals with lungs.
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Tracheal intubation
Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs.
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Tracheal tube
A tracheal tube is a catheter that is inserted into the trachea for the primary purpose of establishing and maintaining a patent airway and to ensure the adequate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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Tracheotomy
Tracheotomy, or tracheostomy, is a surgical procedure which consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe).
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Yankauer suction tip
The Yankauer suction tip (pronounced yang´kow-er) is an oral suctioning tool used in medical procedures.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airway_management
