Failure to ventilate with supraglottic airways after drowning

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Failure to ventilate with supraglottic airways after drowning

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We report the failure of an i-gel and an Ambu AuraOnce supraglottic airway to ventilate a drowning victim. Failure was attributed to changes in lung physiology following submersion and inhalation of water that may have required ventilation pressures up to 40 cmH2O to treat the victim's hypoxaemia. The ease of use and rapid insertion of supraglottic airways without interrupting cardiac compression has prompted recommendations for their use during resuscitation. The relatively low leak pressure...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2011-07

Creator

Baker, Paul / Webber, Jonathon

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/2292/31212

Related subjects

Adult / Air Pressure / Drowning / Fatal Outcome / Humans / Intubation, Intratracheal / Laryngeal Masks / Lung / Male / Respiration, Artificial / Resuscitation / Treatment Failure

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