Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions
Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ
JULY 9, 2015
They may be entrapped; have limited access; may be midway in an operating position that can’t be changed; may need to be sitting due to pulmonary edema, morbid obesity, aspiration prevention or for awake intubation. Continue support; intubate. Practice DL/VL and intubation laterally. Try intubating digitally, +|- bougie.
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