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  #1

In a concious pt with bad breathing the best airway is:

Chin lift & face mask, or orotracheal intubation???

In a unconcious pt, in the field with bad breathing the best airway is:

Cricothyroidotomy??


  #2

conscious and speaking but with difficulty + tachypnea: chin lift + O2 by face mask
wht do u mean by bad breathing??

unconsc in field:needle cricithyroidotomy
unconsc in ER:orortracheal
unconsciuos with maxillary inj: surg cricothyroidotomy or Percutaneus transtraccheal ventilation







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