4d1. Airway, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (2020) - OLD

This lesson covers Airway, the first component of the ABCDE method. In particular, this lesson discusses how to assess a child or infant’s airway. When conducting an airway assessment, there are three possibilities for which steps to take next, depending on the status of the airway in question. An airway must first be established and maintained before moving on to breathing.

"When assessing airway, you should determine of one of the three possibilities:

If the airway is open and unobstructed, then move on to Breathing.
If the airway cannot be kept open manually, then use the head-tilt-chin-lift maneuver, the jaw-thrust maneuver, or the basic airway adjuncts like nasopharyngeal (naso-fir-in-ge-al and oropharyngeal (or-rof-er-ren-ge-al). If an advanced airway is required, then use endotracheal intubation or cricothyrotomy (crik-o-thy-rotomy).

Once an airway has been established and maintained, then move on to Breathing."

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