We are doing this on the Bolivar Peninsula. I'm looking to see how other systems do it and determine if we need to change up our techniques. Would your clinical supervisor share your procedure with me?
Quick question here, from a St John Ambulance Volunteer in Northern Ireland - when you talk about "lifting the mandible" for applying the BVM/Non Rebreather mask - are you talking about a full or partial jaw thrust? If so, I am thinking it is a difference in style and procedure as we are trained to only use jaw thrust in cases if facial trauma. Bit specific I know, but want to be clear on your procedures and advice.
Howdy Damian, Thanks for the question. Lifting the mandible is in the context of forming a mask seal for bag ventilation or pre-oxygenation. It would not be relevant to NRB use. It is doing roughly the same thing as a jaw thrust in trauma but the objective is to open the airway to allow better mask ventilation. A chin thrust, like you may be thinking of for mouth-mouth/mouth-mask ventilation. Different concept. This approach to opening the airway should be used anytime you are mask ventilating, whether in a trauma or medical situation. Thanks, Dr. Jeff Jarvis
@@williamsoncountyems2451 Many thanks - I was wondering as it was a term I am not familiar with on this side of the pond. As a volunteer, the two techniques (and terms) I am familiar with and trained on are Head Tilt/Chin Lift to open airway and Jaw thrust in trauma for same purposes. Seems to be a case of the US and Ireland/UK being seperated by a common language
@@williamsoncountyems2451I just passed my cardiac first Responder advanced course for St. John Ambulance last night. Got 84% of a pass rate of 80. Im finally on way to upper tier training now
This is a great video to explain this. I have seen and heard about this method but didn't know the name.
Thanks for an up to date, no nonsense very useful video for high quality CPR. Volunteer EMTB in South Hero, VT
what can you recommend for services that are stuck in the stone age with a load and go style cpr and dinosaur ems admin that dont want to change
We are doing this on the Bolivar Peninsula. I'm looking to see how other systems do it and determine if we need to change up our techniques. Would your clinical supervisor share your procedure with me?
Our Standards of Care can be found on our website: www.wilco.org/ems . Cheers, WCEMS.
Quick question here, from a St John Ambulance Volunteer in Northern Ireland - when you talk about "lifting the mandible" for applying the BVM/Non Rebreather mask - are you talking about a full or partial jaw thrust? If so, I am thinking it is a difference in style and procedure as we are trained to only use jaw thrust in cases if facial trauma. Bit specific I know, but want to be clear on your procedures and advice.
Howdy Damian,
Thanks for the question. Lifting the mandible is in the context of forming a mask seal for bag ventilation or pre-oxygenation. It would not be relevant to NRB use. It is doing roughly the same thing as a jaw thrust in trauma but the objective is to open the airway to allow better mask ventilation. A chin thrust, like you may be thinking of for mouth-mouth/mouth-mask ventilation. Different concept. This approach to opening the airway should be used anytime you are mask ventilating, whether in a trauma or medical situation.
Thanks,
Dr. Jeff Jarvis
@@williamsoncountyems2451 Many thanks - I was wondering as it was a term I am not familiar with on this side of the pond. As a volunteer, the two techniques (and terms) I am familiar with and trained on are Head Tilt/Chin Lift to open airway and Jaw thrust in trauma for same purposes.
Seems to be a case of the US and Ireland/UK being seperated by a common language
@@williamsoncountyems2451I just passed my cardiac first Responder advanced course for St. John Ambulance last night. Got 84% of a pass rate of 80. Im finally on way to upper tier training now