Oral Suctioning Procedure Basics | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2017年3月29日—HOWTOEFFECTIVELYSUCTIONYOURPATIENT·Positioningtheunconsciouspatient–Opentheairwayusingtheappropriatemethod.·Preoxygenatethe ...

The code is going smoothly. Good CPR is being delivered, and IVs have been established, allowing you to give first-round drugs. And although you don’t have the patient intubated, your partner is bagging effectively, you have good chest rise, and the capnography waveform is textbook. Suddenly, the patient’s entire stomach contents erupt. The firefighter doing CPR is doused, the airway is now obstructed, and your perfect code is spinning out of control.

This is the nature of EMS. Even when things run smoothly, catastrophe can be just around the corner. And when it comes to managing the airway, you had better keep all your tools close—the most important being your portable suction unit.

So, as a refresher, let’s review the basics of oral suctioning. It really comes down to two points: when and how.

This may seem like a no-brainer, but sometimes the most obvious treatment can be overloo...