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When an unconscious airman has no control over her muscles Why do you need to open the airway quickly?
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Unless an airway is established, her tongue may and fall backward and obstruct her breathing. Using a nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal will maintain the airway.
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.
An open 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.
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