Techniques Equipment in basic airway management The ABCDE

Techniques – Equipment in basic airway management

The ABCDE approach to the deteriorating patient • • • Airway Breathing C irculation Initial assessment Causes of airway obstruction Personal safety D isability Recognition of airway obstruction Patient responsiveness First impression Treatment of airway obstruction: E xposure – Movement • Airway opening – Pulse – Head tilt, chin lift, jaw thrust – Respiratory effort • Simple adjuncts – Temperature • Advanced techniques – e. g. LMA, tracheal tube • Oxygen • Early Capnography

difficult application of face mask: § old patients § obese patients § males with beard

ventilation with face mask and ambu device two-hands technique

laryngeal mask (LMA) sizes: 1. 0, 1. 5, 2. 0, 2. 5, 3. 0, 4. 0, 5. 0 tube: 8 -18 cm, d= 5. 25 11. 5 mm silicon mask with cuff 4 -40 ml.

laryngeal mask (LMA)

laryngeal mask (LMA) application

Unique Softseal air-Q I-gel

tracheal intubation basic anatomy

tracheal intubation

tracheal intubation