1. Chapter 36 Airway Management

2. The Airway The importance of a clear airway
Factors that jeopardize airway patency

3. Natural Airway Management
Liquefying secretions
Inhalation therapy
Mobilizing secretions
Postural drainage
Percussion

4. Aerosol Therapy

5. Collecting a Sputum Specimen

6. Lung Segments and Corresponding Postural Drainage Positions

7. Performing Postural Drainage

8. Performing Percussion

9. Natural Airway Management (cont’d)
Mobilizing secretions (cont’d)
Vibration
Suctioning secretions
Nasopharyngeal suctioning
Nasotracheal suctioning

10. Variations in Suction Pressure

11. (Refer to Skill 36-1 in the textbook.)
Suctioning the Airway
(Refer to Skill 36-1 in the textbook.)

12. Placement of a Nasopharyngeal Tube

13. Natural Airway Management (cont’d)
Suctioning secretions (cont’d)
Oropharyngeal suctioning
Oral suctioning

14. Yankeur-Tip Suction Device for Oral Suctioning

15. Artificial Airway Management
Oral airway
Tracheostomy
Tracheostomy tube
Tracheostomy suctioning
Tracheostomy care

16. A Cuffed Tracheostomy Tube

17. Inserting an Oral Airway

18. Nursing Implications Nursing diagnoses Ineffective Airway Clearance
Impaired Gas Exchange
Risk for Infection
Impaired Spontaneous Ventilation
Anxiety
Deficient Knowledge

19. Ineffective Airway Clearance