Airway management

• the unresponsive patient’s muscle tone is decreased, that means that he/she is threatened by the airway obstruction

Before the assessment of the breathing, the airway has to be opened by tilting the patient's head back.

• the procedure helps to pull the soft tissues of the neck and thus enables us to open the airway

How to open the airway?

• turn the patient face up
• open the airway using the head tilt and chin lift technique:
  • place your hand on the patient's forehead and push down
  • place the fingertips of your other hand under the bony part of the chin and pull it up