The Nose: the other route to the lungs
Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ
MARCH 27, 2015
Advantages included: a good seal by a rescuer with a small mouth and a victim with a large mouth; excellent patency of the upper airway using head tilt and chin lift to tension the pharyngeal dilating muscles of the neck; gastric insufflation was less likely with the nasal cavities moderating the force of the airflow. Brown III, MD, Ali S.
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