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Airway Management + Foreign Body Aspiration
Aaqid Akram MBChB (2013)Clinical Education Fellow
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Objectives
• Understand basic anatomy of airway• Recognise an obstructed airway• Simple management techniques to improve
airway • Simple adjuncts to maintain airway• Recognise need for definitive airway• Understand how to insert a definitive airway• Be able to follow the choking algorithm
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Larynx
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Obstructive Airway
• Snoring• Choking• Gurgling • Stridor• Hoarseness• Silent• Paradoxical ‘see-saw’ chest movement• Cyanosis / hypoxia
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Choking Algorithm
Assess Severity
Severe (Ineffective
Cough)
Unconscious
CPR
Conscious
5 Back Blows 5 Abdominal Thrusts
Mild (Effective Cough)
Encourage Coughing
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ETT (Definitive Airway)
LMA / iGel
Simple Airway AdjunctOropharyngeal Nasopharyngeal
Head Tilt + Chin Lift / Jaw Thrust
Clear visible airway obstruction
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When is a definitive airway required?
Airway Protection– GCS<8– Severe maxillofacial /
Multiple Trauma– Aspiration Risk– Airway obstruction risk– Head Injury with abnormal
mental status
Ventilation and Oxygenation– Respiratory arrest– Respiratory failure– Need for
prolonged ventilatory support– Class III or
IV Haemorrhage with poor perfusion
– Severe Chest Injury – Severe Closed Head
Injury (GCS<8)
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Have a read of this…
• http://airway.jems.com/2011/04/intubation-101/
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Objectives
• Understand basic anatomy of airway• Recognise an obstructed airway• Simple management techniques to improve
airway • Simple adjuncts to maintain airway• Recognise need for definitive airway• Understand how to insert a definitive airway• Be able to follow the choking algorithm