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Guedel Airway

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Guedel Airway

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Guedel Airway

The Guedel airway is used to maintain an unobstructed oropharyngeal airway and prevents tongue biting and airway occlusion.

Description

When a patient loses consciousness, regardless of the cause, it is essential to maintain a patent airway. One of the most common causes of airway obstruction in an unconscious patient is the tongue. Once a person loses consciousness, the tongue can fall to the back of the throat and block the patient's airway. The use of an oropharyngeal airway is an effective way to maintain an open airway, allowing you to ventilate the patient effectively if necessary.

– The main indication for the use of an oropharyngeal airway is if the patient is at risk of airway obstruction due to relaxation of the upper airway muscles or blockage of the airway with the tongue.

– Use of an oropharyngeal airway can prevent airway occlusion.

– Oral airways can only be used in the unconscious patient.

 

Main Features

  • Suitable for maintaining an unobstructed oropharyngeal airway during general anesthesia and in unconscious patients.
  • Bite lock to prevent tongue biting and airway occlusion.
  • Rounded traumatic edges.
  • Smooth airways for easy cleaning.
  • Color coded for easy size identification.
  • Sizes: 00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

 

Instructions for use:

  1. Perform hand hygiene.
  2. Wash your hands with soap and warm water. Dry well. Put on gloves and aprons.
  3. The victim should be helped to adopt a position that is comfortable for them; It is normally seated or supported at a 45° angle.
  4. Raise the bed to a comfortable height for working.
  5. Select the appropriate Guedel airway size by measuring the OPA from the victim's earlobe to the corner of the mouth and select the appropriate size to avoid excessive insertion.
  6. If possible, lubricate the airway before insertion (practically, in emergency situations, this is rarely done).
  7. Open the victim's mouth using the finger crossing technique to open the victim's mouth.
  8. Open the victim's mouth using the finger crossing technique to open the victim's mouth.

 

For an adult:

– Grasp the victim's lower jaw and tongue and lift it upward.

– Insert the OPA with the curved end along the palate.

– As the tip approaches the back of your mouth, rotate it half a turn (180 degrees).

– Slide the OPA into the back of the throat.

 

For a child or baby:

-Use a tongue depressor or tongue depressor and insert it with the tip of the device pointing toward the back of the tongue and throat in the position it will rest in after insertion. EITHER

-Insert the OPA sideways and then rotate it 90 degrees.

  1. Ensure correct placement; the lip should rest on the victim's lips.

 

Contraindications:

The use of the Guedel airway is contraindicated in the following cases:

  • An awake patient: An awake patient will not tolerate this airway, as it will stimulate their gag reflex.
  • Severe coagulopathy: this device, although it has rounded edges, is still made of very hard plastic and can still cause lacerations of the oral mucosa. If you don't have platelets, you can end up with a lung full of blood from a sort of small posterior pharyngeal hemorrhage before anyone notices.
  • The use of Guedel airways is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to one of the materials used.

 

Material

  • HDPE
  • P.P.
  • Master Lot.

Precautions:

  • Do not use if package is opened or damaged.
  • Discard after single use.
  • Before inserting an OPA, make sure the victim is unresponsive; has no oral trauma, such as broken teeth; and has not had recent oral surgery.
  • Use an OPA of the appropriate size for the victim.
  • If the victim gags, remove the OPA immediately.