Principles and Techniques of Trauma Care
Principles and Techniques of Trauma Care
Principles and Techniques of Trauma Care
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OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAYS<br />
• Can improve airway opening<br />
• Come in different sizes<br />
• Appropriate sized airway goes from<br />
centre <strong>of</strong> teeth (incisors) to angle <strong>of</strong><br />
jaw when laid on face with raised<br />
curved (convex) side up<br />
• Take particular care in children<br />
because <strong>of</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t tissue<br />
damage<br />
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Emergency <strong>and</strong> Essential Surgical <strong>Care</strong> (EESC) programme<br />
www.who.int/surgery