Q: What is a berman airway?
A: Berman Oral Airways utilize a dual channel design that permits access of a suction catheter even if the airway shifts or is partially occluded, making resuscitation less cumbersome. Rigid bite block helps keep the victim's airway from collapsing, ensuring unobstructed ventilation.
Q: When would you use an oropharyngeal airway?
A: In a deeply unresponsive/unconscious patient, an oropharyngeal airway is safe to use because the gag reflex will be depressed.
Q: When an oropharyngeal airway is inserted properly What is the sign?
A: The correct size OPA is chosen by measuring from the first incisors to the angle of the jaw. The airway is then inserted into the person's mouth upside down. Once contact is made with the back of the throat, the airway is rotated 180 degrees, allowing for easy insertion, and assuring that the tongue is secured.
Q: What is the most common complication after inserting an oral airway?
A: Airway hyperactivity is a potentially lethal complication of OPA use, because oropharyngeal and laryngeal reflexes can be stimulated by the placement of an artificial airway. Coughing, retching, emesis, laryngospasm, and bronchospasm are common reflex responses.