Site Map	Basic Airway Skills

• Check for responsiveness by verbal and physical stimnulation
• Open airway appropriately using jaw thrust or head tilt / chin lift
  • Indicates caution in potential neck injury
• Checks in mouth for foreign objects
• Use suction or indicate would do so
• Airway adjuncts
  • Measure and insert Guedel airway appropriately
  • Measure and insert nasopharyngeal airway correctly
• Checks for breathing for 10 seconds
• Starts manual ventilation with bag-valve-mask
  • Ensure adequate chest excursion
  • Ensure appropriate rate
• Administer oxygen
  • Select appropriate oxygen mask
  • Ensure oxygen is connected
• Indicates need for definitive airway as appropriate

	Any comments or feedback please contact me by email: Tom Williams