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Airway adjunct that is a plastic tube with a flange on the end passed through the nostrils into your airway, so you can be ventilated if you have stopped breathing and access is limited via the mouth, for example in facial trauma.
The nasopharyngeal airway is used if there are complications to having a patent airway.
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What does the medical abbreviation NPA mean?
Nasopharyngeal Airway
What are the advantages of using a pharyngeal airway?
A nasopharyngeal airway is used when you don't want to intubate the victim. Sometimes all you need is that open airway.
If you noticed a friend had clenched teeth but was conscious which airway management technique would you use?
Nasopharyngeal-Airway Technique
If you noticed that your friend had clenched teeth but was conscious which airway-management technique would you have performed?
Nasopharyngeal-Airway Technique
What should you lubricant the nasopharyngeal airway with before?
Water based lubricant
What should you lubricate the nasopharyngeal airway with efore inserting it?
water based lubricant
What should you lubricate the nasopharygneal airway with before inserting it?
The nasopharyngeal airway is a piece of equipment used in healthcare for unconscious patients. The airway should be lubricated with a water based lubricant before insertion.
What should you lubricate the nasopharynegeal airway before inserting it?
The nasopharyngeal airway is a piece of equipment used in healthcare for unconscious patients. The airway should be lubricated with a water based lubricant before insertion.
What should you lubricate the nasopharyngel airway before inserting it?
The nasopharyngeal airway is a piece of equipment used in healthcare for unconscious patients. The airway should be lubricated with a water based lubricant before insertion.
What should you lubricate the nasopharynga airway with before inserting it?
The nasopharyngeal airway is a piece of equipment used in healthcare for unconscious patients. The airway should be lubricated with a water based lubricant before insertion.
After measuring you decide that the nasopharyngeal airway is too long. What should you do?
cut it to the correct length, creating an angle.
While treating an Airman with a suspected head injury, you decide to use the nasopharyngeal device Before inserting the nasopharyngeal airway, you will need to?
lubricate the outside of the tube with a water-based lubricant
