Emergency airway equipment and training

Improvement in emergency airway equipment transport.

BACKGROUND Airway management out of the operating room in many major institutions is often performed by teams, requiring airway providers to carry their own materials at all times. The bag containing airway equipment must be light enough to be carried easily, while containing sufficient equipment to manage airways in various settings. Additionally, transport of the bag throughout the hospital r...

Design and Realization of Equipment Training Simulator

A method of building communication equipment simulator aiming at the difficult problem of large equipment training is presented. Simulator is built based on virtual reality and its framework is designed to layered architecture and framework. Geometry model of equipment simulator is created with software named Multigen Creator. Its key technologies including geometry modeling, training environme...

Training for equipment maintenance and repair

Training equipment users The primary responsibility for the care and maintenance of equipment rests with the user. Users should understand how their equipment works, what its limitations are, and what it can and cannot do. All of these are usually well described in the user manual that is supplied by the equipment manufacturer or supplier. It is important that users read and understand the user...

Emergency airway management with laryngeal mask airway.

When used correctly, laryngeal mask airway is a life saver. We report two cases wherein it was used for rescue airway management and as a ventilatory device during anesthesia. It is concluded that an anesthetist should be familiar with the use of this device.

The Emergency Airway Algorithms