Indications Print Section Listen • Vascular access in nonemergent situations or temporary access in emergent situations. • Administration of fluids and electrolytes. • Administration of intravenous medications. • Administration of…

Indications Print Section Listen • Rapid termination of tachycardia that is either unresponsive to medications or pacing interventions or is hemodynamically compromising, necessitating more urgent intervention. Cardioversion • Tachycardia, either…

Indications Print Section Listen • Patients who cannot be adequately oxygenated or ventilated using bag-mask ventilation. • Patients in whom it is impossible to establish an airway via oral or…

Indications Print Section Listen • Emergent temporary vascular access during cardiopulmonary resuscitation or during the treatment of uncompensated shock when unable to insert an intravenous line. • Volume resuscitation. •…

Indications Print Section Listen • Nasopharyngeal airways provide a conduit for airflow between the nares and the pharynx. • Nasopharyngeal airways prevent mandibular tissue from obstructing the posterior pharynx. •…

Indications Print Section Listen Respiratory • Apnea. • Acute respiratory failure (Pao2 < 50 mm Hg in patient with fraction of inspired oxygen [Fio2] > 0.5 and Paco2 > 55…

Indications Print Section Listen • Oropharyngeal airways provide a conduit for airflow through the mouth to the pharynx. • Oropharyngeal airways prevent mandibular tissue from obstructing the posterior pharynx. •…

Indications Print Section Listen • To ventilate and oxygenate a patient. • A ventilation face mask may be used with an oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal airway during spontaneous, assisted, or controlled…