Advanced Airway Management 2

Course overview

Objectives Explain positive pressure ventilation and how it can both help and harm a patient who is in respiratory distress List various techniques for managing a difficult airway Content Information Covered I Airway Anatomy II Airway Assessment A Purpose B Procedure C Anticipating the difficult airway III Techniques of assuring a patent airway A Manual airway maneuvers B Mechanical airway devices C Relief of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction D Blind insertion airway devices E Endotracheal intubation 1 Direct laryngoscopy visualized 2 Non visualized F Percutaneous cricothyrotomy V Comprehensive ventilation assessment A Purpose B Procedure C Minute Volume D Alveolar Volume E Evaluating the effects of artificial ventilation F Pulse oximetry G Blood gas analysis H Capnography Review VI Review of ventilation devices A Manual devices B Mechanical devices VII Assisting patient ventilations A Review of techniques 1 Purpose 2 Indications 3 Contraindications 4 Complications 5 Procedures B Review of the physiologic differences between normal and positive pressure ventilation C BiPAP CPAP D Positive End Expiratory Pressure PEEP