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Maintaining Airway Patency Video
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Video at a Glance
- Maneuvers to open the airway include the head tilt-chin lift and the jaw thrust maneuver.
- The two most common airway adjuncts used to maintain an open airway are the oropharyngeal airway and the nasopharyngeal airway.
- Determining whether to use an oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal airway is dependent on the
patient’s level of consciousness. - Suctioning is not a benign procedure and should only be performed when necessary to remove
secretions from the airway.
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