SPO 1-1 The student will demonstrate airway maintenance and obstructed airway maneuvers according to AHA standards. 1-1 Name the major structures of the respiratory system. 1-2 Demonstrate the proper ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American College of Chest Physicians published a clinical practice guideline on management of central airway ...

Several pediatric medical conditions, such as congenital heart disease, vascular compression, and congenital softening of the cartilage lining the trachea or bronchi, can compromise the airway and ...

A Georgia family is showing their appreciation for a police officer who saved their 15-month-old child who became unresponsive because of an obstructed airway. "Each one of the Officers came in a very ...

Obstruction of the airway in infants and children is characterized by inspiratory stridor, dyspnea, and thoracic indrawings. The history and the type of the stridor usually give an indication where ...

Foreign-body airway obstruction is a clinical emergency that may be life threatening. Nurses should be confident to assess the severity of airway obstruction, deliver interventions to relieve that ...

Airway obstruction by foreign bodies is rarely encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit. The majority of those cases reported are iatrogenic. This paper reports a case of acute airway ...

In Australian children who snore, obesity, not age, is a significant, but only weak, predictor of upper airway obstruction during sleep. The association between body mass and upper airway obstruction ...

Julian Olivares said he considered his son Justin’s birth to be a “miracle.” It took a team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and technicians at the Children’s Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical ...