@themedical_lounge: 😴 Skills station: How to perform the recovery position…… Let’s go back to the basics and start from the bottom of airway management…… 😴 The recovery position is going to be used in the spontaneously breathing patient who’s unconscious and you want to protect their airway but they can’t tolerate airway adjuncts or if you’re a first aider/ CFR waiting for help to arrive……. 🤮 This manoeuvre allows postural drainage so if the patient vomits this will naturally fall out of their mouth and the patient hopefully won’t aspirate (vomit in the lungs)…… 🍻 Some examples where this manoeuvre may be useful maybe the intoxicated patient or the post-ictal patient while transporting to hospital…….. ⚠️ Note this cannot be performed in a patient with a suspected c-spine injury and this does not completely protect an airway so always keep a close on your patient for any deterioration……….#recoveryposition #firstaid #unconcious #paramedicschool #communityfirstresponder #medicalschool #medicaleducation #airwaymanagement

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