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Challenges of Airway Management in Emergency Situations: A Literature Review

Volume 6 - Issue 1

Marco Felipe Bouzada Marcos¹, Fernando Peribanez¹, Larissa Alexsandra da Silva Neto Trajano¹, Marco Aurélio dos Santos Silva¹, Carlos Eduardo Cardoso¹, Eduardo Tavares Lima Trajano¹, Victor Hugo Bastos², Silmar Teixeira², Acary Bulle Oliveira³ and Marco Orsini*^1,2

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- ¹Mestrado Profissional em Ciências Aplicadas em Saúde / Universidade de Vassouras-RJ, Brazil
- ²Brain Mapping and Plasticity Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil
- ³Universidade Federal de São Paulo – Escola Paulista de Medicina – UNIFESP – SP , Brazil
*Corresponding author: Marco Orsini, Mestrado Profissional em Ciências Aplicadas em Saúde / Universidade de Vassouras-RJ, Brain Mapping and Plasticity Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Parnaíba, Brazil

Received: June 16, 2018; Published: June 22, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001290

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Abstract

In emergency situations the approach of the airways is crucial for the reduction of the hypoxemia and consequently of the neurological damages. In prehospital care, the advanced management of the airways is pointed out as one of the five research priorities in prehospital critical care. The management of the airways is the first intervention in emergency situations as one of the recommendations of Advanced Trauma Life Support. Endotracheal intubation is a procedure of choice for doctors. However, the use of the pocket-valve-mask is effectively evidenced by a new two-hand sealing technique. The objective of this study is to perform a review on the management of the airways in emergency situations

Keywords: Emergency; Airway Management; Endotracheal Intubation

Abbreviations:ERE: ASA: American Society of Anesthesiology; EFLV: Ejection Fraction of Left Ventricle; DM: Diabetes Mellitus; SD: Standard Deviation