ACLS Advanced Airway Adjuncts Guide

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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification Course

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ACLS Introduction

• Introduction To ACLS

The Initial Assessment

• The Initial Assessment

ACLS Basic Life Support

• ACLS BLS for Adults
• Initiating the Chain of Survival
• 2020 BLS Guideline Changes
• One Rescuer Adult BLS CPR
• Two Rescuer Adult BLS CPR
• Adult Mouth-to-Mask and Bag-Mask Ventilation
• Adult Basic Life Support (BLS) Algorithm
• BLS for Children/Infants
• CPR Steps for Children
• One-Rescuer BLS/CPR for Infant (newborn to age 12 months)
• CPR Steps for Infants
• Child/Infant Mouth-to-Mask Ventilation

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

• Normal Heart Anatomy and Physiology
• ACLS Rhythms and Interpretation
• The ACLS Survey (A-B-C-D)
• Airway Management
• Basic Airway Adjuncts
• Basic Airway Technique
• Advanced Airway Adjuncts
• Routes Of Access
• Pharmacological Tools

Principles of Early Defibrillation

• Principles of Early Defibrillation
• Key To Using An Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Systems of Care

• Systems Of Care
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Acute Stroke
• The Resuscitation Team
• Education, Implementation, Teams

ACLS Cases

• ACLS Cases Respiratory Arrest
• Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation
• Pulseless Electrical Activity Asystole
• Adult Cardiac Arrest Algorithm
• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
• Adult Immediate Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Algorithm
• Symptomatic Bradycardia
• Adult Bradycardia with Pulse Algorithm
• Tachycardia
• Stable And Unstable Tachycardia
• Adult Tachycardia With Pulse Algorithm
• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Acute Coronary Syndrome Algorithm
• Acute Stroke
• Acute Stroke Algorithm

ACLS Skills Training

• ACLS Skills Training Test

ACLS Certification Exam

• ACLS Certification Exam

Advanced Airway Adjuncts

ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE

The endotracheal (ET) tube is an advanced airway alternative. It is a specific type of tracheal tube that is inserted through the mouth or nose. It is the most technically difficult airway to place; however, it is the most secure airway available. Only experienced providers should perform ET intubation. This technique requires the use of a laryngoscope. Fiber optic portable laryngoscopes have a video screen, improve success, and are gaining popularity for field use.

LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY

The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is an advanced airway alternative to ET intubation and provides comparable ventilation. It is acceptable to use the LMA as an alternative to an esophageal-tracheal tube for airway management in cardiac arrest. Experience will allow rapid placement of the LMA device by an ACLS provider.

LARYNGEAL TUBE

The advantages of the laryngeal tube are similar to those of the esophageal-tracheal tube; however, the laryngeal tube is more compact and less complicated to insert. This tube has only one larger balloon to inflate and can be inserted blindly.

ESOPHAGEAL-TRACHEAL TUBE

The esophageal-tracheal tube (sometimes referred to as a combitube) is an advanced airway alternative to ET intubation. This device provides adequate ventilation comparable to an ET tube. The combitube has two separate balloons that must be inflated and two separate ports. The provider must correctly determine which port to ventilate through to provide adequate oxygenation.

During CPR, the chest compression to ventilation rate for adults is 30:2.

If an advanced airway is placed, do not interrupt chest compressions for breaths. Give one breath every 6 seconds with continuous chest compressions.

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