Table 58-2
- Head tilt and chin lift: The head is extended by pressure applied to the brow while the mandible is pulled forward by pressure on the front of the jaw, lifting the tongue away from the posterior pharynx
- Jaw thrust: Applying pressure behind the rami of the mandible
- Oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal airway: Danger of inducing vomiting or laryngospasm in a semiconscious victim
- Tracheal intubation: Should not be performed until adequate ventilation and chest compression have been established
- Alternatives to tracheal intubation
- Laryngotracheal mask airway
- Airway Combitube
- Translaryngeal ventilation
- Tracheostomy