Basic Emergency Airway ManagementPat Melanson,MDObjectives• Differentiate the Emergency Airway from elective intubation in the OR • Assessment of airway compromise • Indications for airway intervention • Recognition of the difficult airway • Bag-Mask Techniques • LaryngoscopyEmergency Airway Management : Unique Considerations• Full stomach - high aspiration risk • Altered level of consciousness • Deteriorating cardiorespiratory physiology - (hypotension, hypoxia) • Abnormal or distorted
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Basic Emergency Airway Management Pat Melanson,MD
Objectives • Differentiate the Emergency Airway from elective intubation in the OR • Assessment of airway compromise • Indications for airway intervention • Recognition of the difficult airway • Bag-Mask Techniques • Laryngoscopy
Emergency Airway Management : Unique Considerations • Full stomach - high aspiration risk • Altered level of consciousness • Deteriorating cardiorespiratory physiology - (hypotension, hypoxia) • Abnormal or distorted