Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions
Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ
JULY 9, 2015
Most airway management is done with the patient supine and on a table. Importantly, you should practice airway support and BVM facing the patient "from the south" (facing cephalad). You may be assisting an airway manager (who's in the vertex position) who needs extra jaw thrust or lift. NREMT (2008).
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