AirwayLog - Respiratory Condition Diary Tool

AirwayLog is a diary tool for individuals with respiratory conditions to log their daily symptoms, medications, and activities.

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What is an airway in Physiology?

What is an airway ? The airway or breathing passage is the pathway through which air flows into your lungs. This starts from your nose and mouth, it includes your throat, windpipe and lungs. What is airway management?

What is airway management?

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Airway management is a core skill of emergency medicine.

What is a supraglottic airway device?

Supraglottic airway devices (SADs; e.g. laryngeal mask airway), that were not available when extended training and paramedic intubation was first introduced, are now in use in many ambulance services and are a suitable alternative pre-hospital airway device for paramedics.

What can I learn in airway management?

On this six-week course, you’ll learn how to improve safety, prevent complications and be prepared to manage difficulties in airway management. You’ll also discover techniques that can be applied to a number of hospital and pre-hospital settings. You’ll start this course by discussing the meaning of safe airway management.

How do I know if a patient needs airway management?

A patient needing airway management requires assessment for a difficult airway. A difficult airway may prohibit mask ventilation or increase the risk of a failed intubation attempt. Obtaining an airway-specific history from the patient aids in determining if there has been a previous airway problem.

What is a systematic Airway assessment?

A systematic airway assessment can be accomplished via several simple, quick methods. This activity describes the importance of airway assessment in patients at increased risk for requiring advanced airway management and several methods used in airway assessment applicable in the prehospital or hospital setting.

What are the indications for airway management?

Indications for airway management are a failure to oxygenate, ventilate, or maintain a patent airway. The modality of airway management primarily depends on the cause and severity of the patient's condition but is also subject to environmental factors and clinician skills.

What is the modality of airway management?

The modality of airway management primarily depends on the cause and severity of the patient's condition but is also subject to environmental factors and clinician skills. A patient needing airway management requires assessment for a difficult airway.