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Training nursing staff in airway management for resuscitation
Author(s) -
MARTIN P. D.,
CYNA A. M.,
HUNTER W. A. H.,
HENRY J.,
RAMAYYA G. P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb06787.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway management , airway , resuscitation , laryngeal mask airway , tidal volume , laryngeal masks , ventilation (architecture) , anesthesia , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , respiratory system , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary The place of the larvngeal mask in emergency airway management by nonanaesthetists has yet to be established. We have compared the tidal volume achieved by nurses during hand ventilation using standard resuscitation equipment with a facemask, with or without a Guedel airway, and following placement of a laryngeal mask in the same patients. The tidal volumes measured while using the laryngeal mask were significantly greater (p < 0.01) than those measured during facemask ventilation.