Chapter 6: Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
Read Chapter 6.
Your textbook has the most detailed and expanded information for each topic. There are chapter workbook assignments to complete with each lesson.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Describe respiratory pathophysiology.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of airway obstructions.
- Demonstrate appropriate interventions for airway obstructions in responsive and unresponsive adults.
- Demonstrate a self-rescue for an obstructed airway.
- Identify when various oxygen delivery devices are indicated (including a resuscitation mask and a bag-valve-mask) and demonstrate their use.
- Demonstrate the use of supplemental oxygen on breathing and non-breathing patients.
- Apply the formulas that determine oxygen cylinder factors (volume, maximum filling volumes, and duration).
- Describe the difference between portable and fixed oxygen delivery systems.
- Identify the various airway adjuncts.
- Demonstrate the use of oropharyngeal airways and suctioning.
- Identify potential complications of suctioning.
- Demonstrate how to clean and disinfect suctioning equipment and oxygen delivery systems, according to the established standards.
- Describe the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress or respiratory arrest.
- Demonstrate the care for a patient in respiratory distress or respiratory arrest.
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