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Advanced airway management

Index Advanced airway management

Advanced airway management is the subset of airway management that involves advanced training, skill and invasiveness. [1]

10 relations: ABC (medicine), Airway management, Airway obstruction, Basic airway management, Choking, Head tilt/Chin lift, Jaw-thrust maneuver, Rapid sequence induction, Recovery position, Surgical airway management.

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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Airway management

Airway management includes a set of maneuvers and medical procedures performed to prevent and relieve airway obstruction.

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Airway obstruction

Airway obstruction is a blockage of respiration in the airway.

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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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Choking

Choking (also known as foreign body airway obstruction) is a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the blockage of air passage into the lungs secondary to the inhalation or ingestion of food or another object.

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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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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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Rapid sequence induction

In advanced airway management, rapid sequence induction (RSI) - also described as rapid sequence intubation or as rapid sequence induction and intubation (RSII) - is a special process for endotracheal intubation that is used where the patient is at a high risk of pulmonary aspiration or impending airway compromise.

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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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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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Advance airway management, Invasive airway management.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_airway_management

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