How To Insert a Nasopharyngeal Airway | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Nasopharyngealairwaysareflexibletubeswithoneendflared(hencetheirsynonym:nasaltrumpets)andtheotherendbeveled,thatareinserted,beveledend ...

Nasopharyngeal airways are flexible tubes with one end flared (hence their synonym: nasal trumpets) and the other end beveled that are inserted, beveled end first, through the nares into the pharynx.

(See also Airway Establishment and Control[1], How To Do Head Tilt–Chin Lift and Jaw-Thrust Maneuvers[2], and How to Insert an Oropharyngeal Airway[3].)

Pharyngeal airways (both nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal) are a component of preliminary upper airway management for patients with apnea or severe ventilatory failure, which also includes

The goal of all of these methods is to relieve upper airway obstruction caused by a relaxed tongue lying on the posteri...