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Neonatal Resus for the Pre-Hospital Non-Neonatologist

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Be meticulous with your airway management and ensure you are achieving good inflation. Human factors Managing a neonatal arrest is challenging on every level, and is not comfortable territory for anyone regardless of your experience or speciality background. IPPV Use the round facemask, attach a PEEP valve at 5 cmH2O.

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A Simplified Approach to Managing the Difficult Airway in Children

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Table 1: Airway assessment Can we predict a difficult pediatric airway? Even though there is no clear-cut answer, there are some risk factors that make a difficult airway more likely. The three non-surgical airway lifelines are arranged in a circular fashion around a central area representing the CICO situation.