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What techniques should be used to open the airway of a casualty with a suspected neck inury?
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What is the first thing you should do for a chlorine casualty?
Look for and treat airway obstruction
If neck injury is suspected what should you avoid when checking the airway?
Avoid moving the head. The head should be kept as you found it if there is a suspected neck injury.
How long should you assess a casualty's airway?
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What is the name of the position used to place an unconscious casualty?
The Recovery Position, or Lateral Recombant. Care should be taken when placing the patient in this position that no spinal injuries are suspected, and that the airway is open. Also check the modified Haines position, which creates less torsion on the spine. See links.
Which airway-management technique minimizes the movement of the head neck?
You have to extend the neck of the patient to make the airway patent, along with the lifting of the jaw. When the neck injury is suspected you can not extend the neck. In such case you can go for emergency tracheotomy. You can put a very large bore needle of say 12 bore, above the cricoid cartilage to provide the air.
Because you want to maintain an open airway while minimizing movement for suspected headneckspinal injury?
Hi, Depending on if you have received level of first aid training this will depend.If you have basic or no training your aim is to keep the patient alive regardless of any suspected or obvious spinal injury. Therefore you should move the neck to keep the airway open and clear.However, if you have received first aid training in the 'jaw thrust', which is where you are showing how how to open the airway with minimal damage caused to the spine.REMEMBER BY READING FIRST AID INSTRUCTIONS DOES NOT CLASSIFY YOU AS A FIRST AIDER. YOU SHOULD ATTEND A FIRST AID COURSE.
How do yo stabalize the casualty head during the jaw thrust technique?
If you have a partner, they should hold the head in a stable position. If you're alone, just be very still. The airway is way more important.
Why do you have to open airway quickly on a casualty that has no control over her muscles?
The brain can only survive without oxygen for a very short amount of time. The priorities in an injured person are to remove the person from the area of danger, then to ensure an adequate airway, breathing and assess circulation. Airway is the most important because without an open airway and adequate breathing to promote oxygenation of blood, all other interventions will fail. In the setting of injury, especially if there is potential for head or neck injury, cervical spine stabilization should be maintained. This means that when opening the airway, you should not extend the neck. Instead a jaw lift should be performed and an airway adjunct may be needed to lift the tongue from the oropharynx to open the airway. Breathing may need to be assisted if there are no spontaneous ventilations. This can be done mouth-to-mouth or with an assistive device, such as a bag-valve-mask. ---- her tongue may fall backward and obstruct her airway ---- For the Air Force SABC: her tongue may fall backward and obstruct her airway
You ve decided to perform the jaw thrust technique on the victim of a roadside bombing because you want to maintain an open airway?
this should only be used if spinal injury is suspected, if not heat tilt chin lift or recovery position should be used
What should you lubricate the nasopharngeal airway with prior to inserting it?
Ideally, a sterile, bacteriostatic lubricant (like SurgiLube). If that is not available, water or the casualty's spit will work. Don't use blood as that will clot and cause damage when the NPA is removed.
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 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.
