Airway Management

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• The student should sign here...

  Sign

Manual Manouevres

• Does the student recognise the need for Airway management?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the student wear PPE and point out any dangers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the student use correct technique to open the mouth?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the student look inside the mouth visually?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the student consider C-Spine and do a head tilt chin lift where appropriate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can the student perform Triple airway manouevre?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Equipment

• Oropharyngeal Airway. Correctly selected, measured, inserted and checked for patency.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Nasopharyngeal Airway. Correctly selected, measured, inserted and checked for patency. 2nd NPA considered?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Supraglottic Airway. Correctly selected, measured, inserted and checked for patency.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

Suction

• Does the student select the correct device, soft catheter, Yankeur and use appropriately?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

Underpinning Knowledge Questions

• Stridor is a noise heard in the upper airway?

  YES

  NO

• An NPA should be inserted into the Right Nostril first if possible?

  YES

  NO

• If a patient rejects the airway adjunct you should revert to manual techniques for maintaining their airway?

  YES

  NO

• A ventilated patient with an iGel in place should be ventilated at 20 resps per minute?

  YES

  NO

• Blind finger sweeps are appropriate in the adult choking patient?

  YES

  NO