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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 />

71 |<br />

Emergency <strong>and</strong> Essential Surgical <strong>Care</strong> (EESC) programme<br />

www.who.int/surgery

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