Module 1: PALS Skills Training

Welcome to the lesson on airway, in this video we will discuss how to assess the child or the infant's airway when assessing airway.You should determine one of the three possibilities one if the airway is open and unobstructed then move on to breathing two if the airway cannot be kept open manually then use the head-tilt chin-lift maneuver the jaw thrust maneuver or the basic airway adjuncts like nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal, three if an advanced airway is required then use endotracheal intubation or cricothyrotomy once an airway has been established and maintained then move on to breathing this concludes our lesson on airway next we will review breathing.