Basic Emergency Airway Management

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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

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