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Every journey has to begin somewhere. For those learning to safely and effectively manage airway emergencies that journey begins with a reminder that what you do matters. Which means that how we learn our lifesaving skills also matters if want them to be readily available to us when we need them most.
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The Protected Airway - The First Step

Published on Apr 16, 2017

Every journey has to begin somewhere. For those learning to safely and effectively manage airway emergencies, that journey begins with a reminder that what you do matters. For us at PAC, this also means that how we learn these lifesaving skills also matter if want them to be readily available to us when we need them most. So at the beginning of the PAC journey, we think the best place to start is with the most important airway lesson of all.

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Step ONE

THe Protected Airway
Every journey has to begin somewhere. For those learning to safely and effectively manage airway emergencies that journey begins with a reminder that what you do matters. Which means that how we learn our lifesaving skills also matters if want them to be readily available to us when we need them most.
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Of All Time

Starts with the Most Important Airway Lesson
At the Protected Airway, we think that journey should start with the most important airway lesson of all.
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(Or Why It Matters)

"Just a routine operation"
It begins with the story of a routine operation.

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The primary goal of airway management is to maintain tissue oxygenation and protect patients from hypoxic injury

The session is simple.
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Intubation

The primary goal is not
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It's Oxygenation

The Vortex Approach
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You Become?

So How an oxygenation master
The Vortex Approach
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flowchart

Answer? WEll it's not in a
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Humans

You need Learning designed for
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A Better Tool

Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/v/kXB0_NUT5jo
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green zone

It Starts with the concept of the
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Confirmed

In the green zone adequate oxygen delivery is
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Alive!!

In the green zone your patient is
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Time...

Which mEans you have
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there is time in the green zone to

  • Take a breath
  • Assemble resources
  • Develop a strategy
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Upper Airway Lifelines

the green zone  can be achieved EQUALLY by ANY of the
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Surgical Lifeline

And via a fourth
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Basic Skills

Each Lifeline as a set of
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Best Effort

And a set of skills to optimize your
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Move ON!

If your best effort with one lifeline fails?
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Green Zone

Until you reach the
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questions?

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Hands ON!!

Time for small Groups &
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Vortex Approach

THe Protected Airway
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Deeper Airway Cuts

@emberproject.org/airway
For deeper cuts go to:

https://emberproject.org/portfolio/enter-the-vortex/

and learn more about this conceptual approach to emergency airway management.

Jonathan St. George

http://emberproject.org/