Learning about "Airways"

[the-gnole]

Some of the stuff I have been "Field trained" in from a preppers POV

Fitting an airway

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Then using a basic plastic airway

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Just remember that it needs some level of training to be able to do the above on a real casualty, if you haven't received any training don't attempt it.

[ticklemonkey]

Hi there,
That looks very advanced. Can you tell me if you are a professional medic?
Using a laryngoscope with intubation is still the gold standard and alot of theory and practical and live training is needed if you can become authorised for the advanced stuff, hopefully the patient will get to definitive care quite quickly.
Did you train for positive pressure ventilations with bag-valve-mask on air or 100 percent O2 as well?
Could you private message me where you did it, as it is pretty advanced stuff.
All the best,

[janso]

Thats a nice manikin head!! Havent seen those type before, used to the older ones, they look a lot better, especially with the teeth!!

Definitely better for learning intubation me thinks...

[diamond lil]

Don't try this at home on the family though !!

[the-gnole]

Hi there,
That looks very advanced. Can you tell me if you are a professional medic?
Using a laryngoscope with intubation is still the gold standard and alot of theory and practical and live training is needed if you can become authorised for the advanced stuff, hopefully the patient will get to definitive care quite quickly.
Did you train for positive pressure ventilations with bag-valve-mask on air or 100 percent O2 as well?
Could you private message me where you did it, as it is pretty advanced stuff.
All the best,

We were just being shown the necessary for SHTF no medics left or available type stuff, better to have a try than not and be able to say that we everything we did was an attempt to save the life of our comrade in a "Post fall" "Prepper" future.

The person training us is a fully qualified medic, field medic, Paramedic, Nurse, is trained in Wilderness and survival medicine and is currently writing a book on Wilderness and Survival Medicine.

It wasn't by any ways or means a weekend to walk away from with a "qualification", maybe a bit too advanced for some, but for many so is CPR and the use of an AED.

This is "prepping and survival" at a high end level though, and as lil has said, don't try this at home on the family!

We did it in a field, and wasn't an "organised course".

Thats a nice manikin head!! Havent seen those type before, used to the older ones, they look a lot better, especially with the teeth!!

Definitely better for learning intubation me thinks...

I think it was about £1000 to buy

[the-gnole]

Using the bag

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Our very enthusiastic volunteer

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All good clean fun and hopefully useful to know.

We even did food prep

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[ticklemonkey]

Nice one, that's received the-gnole! I like the 'willing volunteer', I think he has been at a fair few of my meetings at work!

[WhiteWolf]

The Prepper that ran the "Field Training" event above has just had a book published.

Survival Disaster and Tactical Medicine by Chris Breen

Link old and removed

And at the minute there is a 15% discount.

WW

[WhiteWolf]

The 15% discount for the book has now expired, but you can get 20% off by using the code MAYBOOK at the checkout

NEW LINK

WW

[Bladerunner]

My knowledge of Airways is:

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Ryan Air are an accident waiting to happen

And remember, the only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Be Lucky (and airborn)