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EMERGENCY AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN RURAL PRACTICE: USE OF THE LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY
Author(s) -
Brimacombe J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1995.tb00140.x
Subject(s) - airway , airway management , medicine , laryngeal mask airway , glottis , laryngoscopy , tracheal tube , anesthesia , intubation , intensive care medicine , larynx , surgery
The laryngeal mask airway is a new general purpose airway that has revolutionized anaesthetic practice and has a potential role in emergency airway management, including neonatal resuscitation. It fills a niche between the face mask and tracheal tube and sits in the hypopharynx where it forms a circumferential low pressure seal around the glottis. All doctors involved in emergency airway management should have an understanding of the device and acquire skills in its use.