Anaesthesia | Trauma | Airway management in trauma
Airway management in trauma
Session Overview
Description
This session will cover the techniques for managing the airway in the severely-injured patient.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Explain basic airway techniques for the trauma patient
- Describe cervical spine control in the trauma patient
- Describe rapid sequence induction and intubation in the trauma patient
- Recognize strategies for airway rescue in the severely-injured patient: supraglottic airway devices, cricothyroidotomy
Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should complete:
- Module 03/Trauma/Primary and secondary survey/The primary survey (001-0356)
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