These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Airway and ventilation management.
    Author: Shuster M, Nolan J, Barnes TA.
    Journal: Cardiol Clin; 2002 Feb; 20(1):23-35. PubMed ID: 11845543.
    Abstract:
    Airway management is fundamental to ACLS. Success with any airway device relies as much on the operator's experience and skill as on the device itself. The purpose of using an airway device is to provide a patent route for ventilating the lungs and to protect against pulmonary aspiration. Training should emphasize the importance of confirming that the airway device is positioned correctly and that the lungs can be ventilated effectively. If airway intervention is to have a positive effect on outcome, the choice of airway device is less important than thorough training, ongoing experience and review, and close attention to complications. Regardless of whether a provider chooses to use the LMA, the combitube, or the tracheal tube, providers must be familiar with more than one method of airway management because of the possibility of failure to insert or ventilate with their primary airway device of choice.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]