Airway

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    Airway

Functionality and features

The following skills and procedures can be performed

  • Head tilt/Chin lift
  • Jaw thrust w/articulated jaw
  • Cricoid pressure and manipulation

If the tongue fallback feature is enabled, head tilt, chin lift and jaw thrust is required to open the airways.

  • Bag-mask ventilation
    Warning: Do not provide artificial respiration to the patient simulator using oxygen enriched air or flammable gases.
  • Laryngeal mask insertion (Size #4, but size #5 may also seal correctly)
  • Orotracheal intubation (Size ID 7.5 Size ID 7.5 is recommended)
  • Nasotracheal intubation
  • Transtracheal intubation
  • Needle/Surgical cricothyrotomy

Vocal sounds include coughing, moaning, screaming and spoken words. These can be heard from the head speaker in the manikin.

Patient Simulated features may be activated

  • Tongue swelling via inflation bulb on left side of manikin

The following Patient Simulator features indicate incorrect tube placement:

  • Right main stem intubation – unilateral chest rise
  • Oesophageal intubation - stomach distention 

The following information is automatically registered in the ALS Simulator session log

  • Detection of head tilt, chin lift and jaw thrust
  • CPR started; stopped
  • Ventilation started; stopped
  • Palpation of carotid, brachial and radial pulses
  • Manual NBP performed
LMA Insertion
ETT Insertion