CH 34

• 1. check for movement or esponse.
• 2. activate the EMS and get automated external defib.
• 3. open airway and check breathing (look, listen, feel)
• 4. if no breathing, give two breaths.
• 5. if no response, check pulse w/ 10 seconds.
• 6. if no pulse, give 30 compressions and 2 breaths until AED arrives.

the tongue is the most common airway obstruction to a patient

• adult - carotid
• infant - brachial

Nasopharangeal - are inserted in the nose, helps restore airway patency by seperating the tongue from the posterier pharngeal wall.

Oropharangeal: have an external flange, a curved body that conforms to the shape of a oral cavity.