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| Passageway for air movement into and out of the lungs |
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| Widening of the nostrils with taking a deep breath; when seen persistently is a sign of respiratory distress |
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A small piece of tissue that is seen hanging off the roof of the mouth in the pharynx |
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| Pillars of soft tissue on each side of the back of the throat |
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| Lubricating digestive fluid produced in salivary glands |
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| The muscular tubelike structure that passes food from the mouth to the stomach |
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| The voice box or sound-producing portion of the throat |
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| A cartilaginous structure at the base of the tongue that helps to protect the airway during swallowing |
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Protective airway reflex that causes gagging and retching to expel objects from the pharynx that are too large to swallow |
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| The cartilaginous tube that is the pasageway for air to get from the upper airway to the lungs; also known as the windpipe |
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| The process of moving air into and out of the lungs; breathing |
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| Lack of breathing; breathlessness |
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A bluish discoloration to the skin seen with poor oxygen content of the blood |
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| 4 Steps to Airway Control |
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| “Open, Assess, Suction, and Secure” |
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| The position in which the patient is on her or his side so that secretions may spontaneously drain from the airway; also known as the coma position |
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| Method used to open the airway involving tilting the head back and lifting the jaw up; used only in nontrauma patients |
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| A technique that lifts the mandible and tongue up and away from the pharynx, often effective in opening the airway; is used on trauma patients with suspected spinal injury— |
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| Method to opening the airway with suspected head or spinal injury |
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| Method to opening the airway with no head or spinal injury |
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| Mouth opening technique where the EMT’s thumb is placed on the patient’s upper incisors and forefinger against lower incisors to gently pry the jaw open with a scissorlike action |
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| A rigid suction catheter that has a curvature meant to follow the pharyngeal curve and a large open suction tip |
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| A flexible suction catheter used when suctioning through an endotracheal tube or via the nasopharynx |
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| Oropharyngeal airway (OPA) |
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| A plastic device placed in the mouth to assist in keeping the tongue off the back of the throat and keeping the airway open |
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| Nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) |
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| A flexible tube passed through the nose into the pharynx that can help to hold the tongue off the back of the throat and that keeps the airway open |
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| How do you measure an oral airway? |
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An oral airway is measured from the angle of the jaw to the tip of the chin. |
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| How do you measure a nasal airway? |
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The nasal airway is measured from the nostril to the earlobe. |
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| What are the two techniques for inserting an oral airway? |
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1. Using the cross-fingered technique and gently rotating the airway into position
2. Direct insertion via tongue blade |
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| What is the danger of suctioning for too long a period of time? |
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Prolonged suctioning can lead to hypoxia. |
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