Difference between revisions of "Airway Management"
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Revision as of 20:46, 24 January 2023
- LMA does not protect against aspiration or laryngospasm, but does protect against tongue and soft tissue upper airway obstruction.
- ETT indications:
- Protect the airway
- Provide a patent airway
- Provide positive pressure ventilation (abdominal/thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, long surgeries)
- Nasotracheal intubation contraindications:
- Facial fractures
- Coagulopathy
- Intranasal abnormalities
- Sinnusitis
- Basal skull fractures