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As you know airway control is a massive part of the training, but did you learn about to deal with airway obstructions.
We think it’s important to introduce all Rescue divers to advanced airway control methods using an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)?
An OPA is used in persons who are at risk for developing airway obstruction from the tongue or from relaxed upper airway muscle. If efforts to open the airway fail to provide and maintain a clear, unobstructed airway, then it’s a great idea to use an OPA.
Airway Obstructions can often be found located in the oropharynx, this is because the tongue and muscles of the jaw causing posterior movement of the tongue and epiglottis may obstruct the airway. Also the chances of upper airway collapse is increased in unconscious patients, because a low central drive decreases the activity of the pharyngeal dilator muscles.
So in a diving Rescue based scenario; if you were to perform a head tilt-chin lift manoeuvre on an unconscious diver to open their airway and find that you are not able to ventilate the patient successfully, an OPA would solve the problem immediately.
Another a diving Rescue based scenario is that if you are manually ventilating a patient you may inadvertently push down on the patient’s chin and obstruct their airway. The appropriate application of an OPA can prevent this unintended obstruction from occurring.
Simple airway adjuncts are very cheap, easy to use and don’t take up a lot of room within a typical first aid box and are really a potential lifesaving tool that any diving and non-diving business should carry.
In addition to the course curriculum Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod includes a number of additional components such as the use of adjuncts in Airway Management.
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