Vortex Airway Approach Optimization Strategies

The Vortex approach includes five optimisation strategies which can be applied to all the upper airway lifelines:

1. Manipulations: of head and neck (e.g. head lift, jaw thrust); larynx (e.g. bimanual laryngoscopy); and device (e.g. two-person technique, bougie left turn)

2. Adjuncts: (e.g. nasopharyngeal airway, laryngoscope for SAD, bougie

3. Size and type: of face mask, SAD, tube or laryngoscope

4. Suction

5. Pharyngeal Muscle Tone: consider increasing neuromuscular blockade

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Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 6 years ago
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