US Army, CHEST AND AIRWAY PROBLEMS, SUBCOURSE MD0569, EDITION 200, Survival Medical Manual

US Army, CHEST AND AIRWAY PROBLEMS, SUBCOURSE MD0569, EDITION 200, Survival Medical Manual

INTRODUCTION
In this subcourse, you will study chest and airway problems. Chest trauma refers
to general information about chest injuries as well as information about specific chest
injuries. Airway problems includes information on devices -- nasopharyngeal airway
(NPA), the Combitube™ and KING LT-D™ airway [which are both BIADS (blind
insertion airway devices)], and the endotracheal tube (ET) -- that can be used to open and maintain an airway. If other life-saving methods are not successful in opening and maintaining an airway, an opening is made in the trachea to bypass the site of an upper airway obstruction. This subject matter is of vital importance in saving lives.

This subcourse consists of three lessons:
Lesson 1, Chest Trauma.
Lesson 2, Airway Management.
Lesson 3, Cricothyroidotomy.