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  2. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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    The head-tilt/chin-lift is the most reliable method of opening the airway. Treatment of unconscious patients focuses on preventing or treating obstructions of the airway, such as head-tilt/chin-lift and jaw-thrust maneuvers, while the use of the recovery position mainly prevents aspiration of things like stomach content or blood.

  3. Head tilt/Chin lift - Wikipedia

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    The head-tilt/chin-lift is a procedure used to prevent the tongue obstructing the upper airways.The maneuver is performed by tilting the head backwards in unconscious patients, often by applying pressure to the forehead and the chin.

  4. Airway management - Wikipedia

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    The head-tilt/chin-lift and jaw-thrust maneuvers are useful for the former while the recovery position is useful for the latter. If head-tilt/chin-lift and jaw-thrust maneuvers are performed with any objects in the airways it may dislodge them further down the airways and thereby cause more blockage and harder removal. [citation needed] The ...

  5. ABC (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    At a basic level, opening of the airway is achieved through manual movement of the head using various techniques, with the most widely taught and used being the "head tiltchin lift", although other methods such as the "modified jaw thrust" can be used, especially where spinal injury is suspected, [12] although in some countries, its use is ...

  6. Jaw-thrust maneuver - Wikipedia

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    The jaw-thrust maneuver is a first aid and medical procedure used to prevent the tongue from obstructing the upper airways.This maneuver and the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver are two of the main tools of basic airway management, and they are often used in conjunction with other basic airway techniques including bag-valve-mask ventilation.

  7. Basic life support - Wikipedia

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    Opening of the airway via the jaw-thrust maneuver is the preferred method as the head-tilt maneuver is thought to be more risky for people with suspected spinal injury or inconveniency. If the person is in danger of pulmonary aspiration then they should be placed in the recovery position or more advanced airway management should be used.

  8. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth to mouth in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.

  9. Pediatric advanced life support - Wikipedia

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    support the airway by making sure that it is open/patent (child can do this on their own or provider may have to open airway with head tilt-chin lift or jaw thrust (if suspected cervical spine injury)) clear the airway as needed (e.g., suctioning mucus/secretions in nose and throat, removing foreign bodies, etc.)