Pediatric Airway Management
- Airway Anatomy
- Sinuses
- Frontal
- Sphenoid
- Ethmoid
- Maxillary
- Upper Airway Tract
- Nose
- Mouth and Oral Cavity
- Jaw
- Pharynx
- Nasopharynx
- Oropharynx
- Hypopharynx
- Laryngopharynx
- Vallecula
- Pyriform Sinus
- Vallecula
- Larynx
- Cartilages
- epiglottis
- arytenoid cartilage
- corniculate cartilage
- cuneiform cartilage
- posterior arytenoids
- vocal cords
- false vocal cord
- true vocal cord
- thyroid cartilage
- cricoid ring
- arch of cricoid cartilage
- lamina of cricoid cartilage
- cricothyroid membrane (ligament)
- Bone
- Hyoid bone
- Hyo-epiglottic ligament
- Hyoid bone
- Cartilages
- Jugular notch
- Lower Airway Tract
- Trachea -- Spatial relationship to esophagus
- Carina -- Angle of Louis
- Bronchi
- Lungs
- Bronchioles
- bronchial smooth muscle
- beta-two adrenergic receptors
- Pulmonary cilia
- Alveoli -- Surfactant
- Bronchioles
- Support Structures
- Chest Cage
- Ribs
- Muscles of respiration
- intercostal muscles
- diaphragm
- Pleura
- parietal pleura
- visceral pleura
- Phrenic nerve
- Mediastinum
- Chest Cage
- Sinuses
- Airway Assessment
- Purpose
- Identify inadequate airway
- Identify an unstable airway
- Identify potentially difficult airways
- Procedure
- Gag Reflex
- Airway obstruction
- Soft tissue obstruction
- Foreign bodies
- Complete and incomplete
- Upper vs. Lower
- Work of breathing
- Laryngospasm
- Laryngeal edema
- Penetrating injuries
- Anticipating the difficult airway
- Trauma/bleeding
- Vomiting
- History
- Mouth opening
- Mandibular length
- Mallampati classifications
- Obstructions
- Neck mobility
- Facial hair
- Purpose
- Techniques of assuring a patent airway
- Manual airway maneuvers
- Mechanical airway devices
- Relief of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
- Refer to current American Heart Association guidelines
- Removal of foreign body airway obstructions using direct laryngoscopy
- Purpose
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Complications
- Procedure
- Limitation
- Airway suctioning
- Review and elebaorate on the upper airway suctioning material from the EMR, EMT and AEMT levels
- Tracheobronchial Suctioning
- purpose
- indications
- contraindications
- complications
- procedure
- limitation
- Blind insertion airway devices
- Endotracheal intubation
- Direct laryngoscopy (visualized)
- Purpose
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Complications
- Procedure (including confirmation techniques)
- Limitations
- Non-visualized
- Nasal
- purpose
- indications
- contraindications
- complications
- procedure (including confirmation techniques)
- limitations
- Digital
- purpose
- indications
- contraindications
- complications
- procedure (including confirmation techniques)
- limitations
- Lighted stylet
- purpose
- indications
- contraindications
- complications
- procedure (including confirmation techniques)
- limitations
- Fiber optic (Shikaini Seeing Optical Stylet (SOS), Glide scope)
- purpose
- indications
- contraindications
- complications
- procedure (including confirmation techniques)
- limitations
- Nasal
- Direct laryngoscopy (visualized)
- Percutaneous cricothyrotomy
- Purpose
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Complications
- Procedure (including confirmation techniques)
- Limitations
- Consider age-related variations in pediatric and geriatric patients
- See Special Patient Populations section
Content Creator: Josh Renolds
CAPCE Course Number: 21-EMTP-F3-6204
Total CE Hours: 2.0
Level: Advanced
EMT-CE uses the NEMSES guidelines as the foundation for every course outline.