Unconscious casualty without airway obstruction:
Chin lift or jaw thrust maneuver
Nasopharyngeal airway
Place casualty in the recovery position
Casualty with airway obstruction or impending airway obstruction:
Chin lift or jaw thrust maneuver
Nasopharyngeal airway
Allow casualty to assume any position that best protects the airway, to include sitting up.
Place unconscious casualty in the recovery position.
If above measures unsuccessful:
Supraglottic airway or
Endotracheal intubation or
Surgical cricothyroidotomy (with lidocaine if conscious).
Spinal immobilization is not necessary for casualties with penetrating trauma.
Chin lift or jaw thrust maneuver
Nasopharyngeal airway
Place casualty in the recovery position
Chin lift or jaw thrust maneuver
Nasopharyngeal airway
Allow casualty to assume any position that best protects the airway, to include sitting up.
Place unconscious casualty in the recovery position.
If above measures unsuccessful:
Supraglottic airway or
Endotracheal intubation or
Surgical cricothyroidotomy (with lidocaine if conscious).
Supraglottic airway or
Endotracheal intubation or
Surgical cricothyroidotomy (with lidocaine if conscious).
Tactical evacuation care
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
CT brain interpretation
Prehospital protocol pediatric airway management
Tactical field care
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt drainage
Neuro antibiotics
Newborn resuscitation