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Review online resource:
http://vortexapproach.org/lifelines/#sga

Very brief intro 2-3 minutes
(they've heard this before, just for reenforcement of the concept)
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Mastering Your Upper Airway Lifelines - SGA Edition

Published on Apr 16, 2017

The supraglottic airway is one of your three upper airway lifelines in an emergency airway situation.

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The SGA Edition

Mastering Your Upper Airway Lifelines
Review online resource:
http://vortexapproach.org/lifelines/#sga

Very brief intro 2-3 minutes
(they've heard this before, just for reenforcement of the concept)
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Upper Airway Lifelines

The SGA is one of your three
While only one of these lifelines is considered a definitive airway it is important to remember that in an emergency airway setting a definitive airway does not supersede the need to prioritize oxygenation and that any of these lifelines can successfully achieve that goal.
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Part of the Vortex cognitive tool

This is represented in the VORTEX approach by the green zone
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Airway Emergency

Designed to remind you that during an
In the emergency airway setting it is important to remember that the goal is not intubation but oxygenation.
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Oxygenation

Is the primary goal
In the emergency airway setting it is important to remember that the goal is not intubation but oxygenation.
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Supraglottic Airway

Introduction to the
Introduction to the SGA
(show and tell) 5-7 minutes.
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Contraindications (RODS)

  • Restricted mouth
  • Obstruction (FB)
  • Distorted anatomy
  • Stiff lungs
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SGA Encounters in the ED

  • Prior Placement (EMS)
  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest
  • Rescue Device (After Failed Laryngoscopy)
  • Bridge to FONA (In a Failed Airway)
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Hands On Skills Training!

Now it's time for some
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Problem Solving the SGA

You're lifeline hasn't "failed" before making a best effort!
10 minutes of hands on time
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Hands On Skills Training!

Now it's time for some more
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The Protected Airway

Find more information at
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Questions?

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You may now safely enter the Vortex

This is represented in the VORTEX approach by the green zone

Jonathan St. George

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