Title: Lesson 8-1 Airway Management
Course: EMS 1119 Emergency Medical Technician > Section: Module VIII Airway Management, Respirations, and Artificial Ventilations

Demonstrate an understanding and proficiency in Airway Management techniques

At the end of this lesson and the associated lab activities students will be able to:

Cognitive Learning Objectives

- 8-1.1 Name & label the structures of the respiratory system
- 8-1.2 State what care should be provided for a patient with or without adequate breathing.
- 8-1.3 Describe the steps for relief of FBAO in the infant, child and adult
- 8-1.4 Describe the steps in performing the head-tilt chin-lift
- 8-1.5 Relate mechanism of injury to opening the airway
- 8-1.6 Describe the steps in performing the jaw thrust
- 8-1.7 Describe the differences for airway opening in the infant, child and adult
- 8-1.8 Describe the techniques of suctioning and its importance
- 8-1.9 Describe the steps for insertion of an NPA and OPA airway adjunct

Affective Objectives

- No affective objectives identified

Psychomotor Objectives

- 8-1.1 Demonstrate the steps in performing the head-tilt chin-lift in the infant, child and adult
- 8-1.2 Demonstrate the steps in performing the jaw thrust in the infant, child and adult
- 8-1.3 Demonstrate the techniques of suctioning in all age groups
- 8-1.4 Demonstrate relief of FBAO in the infant, child and adult
- 8-1.5 Demonstrate how to insert an oropharyngeal (oral) airway in all age groups
- 8-1.6 Demonstrate how to insert a nasopharyngeal (nasal) airway in all age groups
- 8-1.7 Demonstrate how to insert supra-glottic airways in all age groups

Readings

- AAOS 10e, Chaper 9: pp. 316-377
- Limmer 12e, Chapter 9: pp. 196-239
- Chapters with relevant content:
AAOS 10e, Chapter 9
Limmer 12e, Chapters 8, 9, 19

Online Video

Your instructor will recommend which videos to view for this lesson. All videos are valuable resources. Students may wish to view more to enhance their learning.

- Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: Normal Anatomy
- Jaw Thrust BLS
- Manual Airway Techniques
- Pharyngeal Suctioning (Rigid Tip)
- Pharyngeal Suctioning (Flexible Tip)
- Oropharyngeal Airway Insertion
- Nasopharyngeal Airway Insertion
- King LTS-D Detailed Overview
- EMS Laryngeal Mask Airway
- EMS Combitube Airway