Best Tools For Managing An Airway? - NPA / OPA Basics

In this video, we discuss managing a patient's airway and the basic adjuncts we can use for that. OPAs and NPAs are some basic tools we can use to help keep an airway open when a patient is not able to maintain their own.
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[@elizabethgrace9092]

Hey guys, this channel is so helpful & so well done, wow. Thank y'all so much. Just a random suggestion: could you do a video on seizures?

[@SixEcho]

Good suggestion. We will put that in the queue.

[@chris_harshbarger]

Great project review. Thank you.

[@SixEcho]

Thank you for the feedback

[@George_outdoors]

Helpful

[@renegade7493]

Training gotta suck. How many have gotten sick with gag reflex? Love the videos on this channel.

[@SixEcho]

I recommend training OPAs on manikins. You can train NPAs on each other but it’s not comfortable.

[@alekryde]

​@@SixEcho Before I started in EMS I used to work as a Sideshow performer where I did a stunt called the Human Blockhead, which was "Hammering" a nail or something comparable up the nose. I made the mistake of letting my instructor find that fact out when I was in my basic class. You can probably guess where that story goes.

[@vogrigoutdoor7284]

👍👍👍

[@valthalin7613]

If you only have the 1 NPA should you use your shears to cut it to size? Also can / should you use this with a CPR mask?

[@seratbushcraft6979]

Hi Guys If your in the middle of no where and only have a size 28 NPA with you can you and require a smaller size cut them shorter cheers

[@user-gq9pv4xz1w]

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