Adults who are unable to protect the airway, arealso at risk of aspiration due to decreased airwayprotective mechanisms-Mental retardation-coma, deep sleep-Alcoholism-Psychoses-Neurologic disorders
◼ Adults who are unable to protect the airway, are also at risk of aspiration due to decreased airway protective mechanisms. –Mental retardation –coma, deep sleep –Alcoholism –Psychoses –Neurologic disorders
foreign bodies like peanuts, beans, seeds,pins,needles are small and smooth, light in weight,even have a cusp which is round and thin. All ofthese character make it is easy to be aspiratedWrong way to take foreign bodies out of theoral cavity, laryngopharynx or the nose cavity
◼ foreign bodies like peanuts, beans, seeds, pins, needles are small and smooth , light in weight, even have a cusp which is round and thin. All of these character make it is easy to be aspirated ◼ Wrong way to take foreign bodies out of the oral cavity, laryngopharynx or the nose cavity
Keep the pin, clasp or nail in mouth whenworking, sometimes aspirated in the trachea andbronchi.Unstableinstrument orresectedtissueglidein tothe trachea when operation is doingSome suicide happen
◼ Keep the pin, clasp or nail in mouth when working, sometimes aspirated in the trachea and bronchi. ◼ Unstable instrument or resected tissue glide in to the trachea when operation is doing ◼ Some suicide happen
A drawing pin in the leftA peanut in the right mainmain bronchusbronchus
A peanut in the right main bronchus A drawing pin in the left main bronchus
AnatomyThe trachea is a 4-5 inch tube that runs throughthe lower neck and chest just anterior to theesophagus. It functions to conduct air betweenthe larynx and primary bronchiIn the wall of the trachea are 16-20hyalinecartilage rings. They stiffen the wall so that the 1inch tracheal lumen stays open and air flowsunimpeded
Anatomy ◼ The trachea is a 4-5 inch tube that runs through the lower neck and chest just anterior to the esophagus. It functions to conduct air between the larynx and primary bronchi ◼ In the wall of the trachea are 16-20 hyaline cartilage rings. They stiffen the wall so that the 1 inch tracheal lumen stays open and air flows unimpeded