Airway Management of the Trauma Patient (PHTLS 9e BLS Edition)selected product title

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This interactive lecture addresses two of the most important things you need to know in the prehospital setting: to provide and maintain airway patency and pulmonary ventilation. The failure to adequately ventilate a trauma patient and maintain oxygenation of organs causes additional damage, such as secondary brain injury. Ensuring airway patency and maintaining the patient’s oxygenation and supporting ventilation are critical in improving the likelihood of a good outcome.

After completing this course, the practitioner will be able to:

• Discuss the potential causes of airway obstruction in a trauma patient.
• Demonstrate the steps of a primary and secondary survey of a trauma patient’s airway.
• Choose the most appropriate airway management intervention based on the patient’s physical findings and consideration of risk versus benefit.
• Describe the structural differences in the anatomy of adults and children.

Practitioners who successfully complete the Airway Management of the Trauma Patient (PHTLS 9e BLS Edition) course are eligible for 1.0 hours of continuing education through CAPCE.