Airway Management & Ventilation Producibley

Airway Management & Ventilation Producible

Adequate vs Inadequate Respirations

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• Labored Breathing
• Retrations
• (Pulling inward), excessive use of the neck muscles during inspiration

• Signs of inadequate breathing
• Altered Mental Status
• In the case of severe AMS, manually opening the mouth to check for airway obstuctions is nesicary.
• Tachy/Bradycardia
• Tachycardia
• Fast Heart Rate
• Bradycardia
• Slow Heart Rate
• Respiration Changes
• Snoring
• Crowing (Babies)
• Gurgling
• Stridor

Adequate Breathing vs Inadequate breathing,What are the signs and symptoms?

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Adequate Vs Inadequate Breathing

• Signs of adequate breathing
• Pink, normal skin color and temperature
• Normal Respirations
• Clear Lung Sounds
• No difficulty Breathing

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Color not improving

• Skin remaining pale, gray or cynotic
• Skin temperature becoming cold

Heart Rate not reutning to normal

• you would need to consider other variables when checking heart rate during ventaltions as it could be too fast or too low based off anxiety, blood loss, ect

Chest not rising or falling when being venttalated

• This can be caused by airway obstuctions or improper mask seals

There are several signs of inadequate ventaltion some being more obvious than others.A few examples being

What are the signs of inadequate ventalation?

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What could cause Respiratory Compromise?

There are several common causes for respiratory compromise such as

• Traumaic spinal injury
• Choking
• Stroke
• Cardiac/ Cariopulminary Arrest
• Someone being extremly mentally altered
• A breathing disorder such as Asthma or COPD
• Illness (Such as ones that effect the respatory system like Pnumonia and Covid-19)

Content sources from PreHospital Emergency Care - Joseph J Mistovich (12th Edition)

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