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Airway Maintenance: cLMA

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  • Session Overview
  • Session Introduction
  • Introduction
    • Overview
    • Considerations
  • The cLMA
    • Anatomy
    • Brief History
  • Indications
  • Application of cLMA
  • Limitations of cLMA
  • Relevant Anatomy
  • cLMA Risks and Mitigation
  • cLMA Checks
  • Preparing the cLMA
  • Anaesthesia Before Insertion
  • Patient Position
  • Holding the cLMA
  • Inserting the cLMA
    • 1. Insert Onto the Hard Palate
    • 2. Advance cLMA
    • 3. Final Push
    • 4. Inflate Cuff
    • 4a. Check Position
    • 5. Fix in Place
  • Video Review of cLMA Insertion
  • Maintenance Phase
    • Spontaneous Ventilation
    • Positive Pressure Ventilation
  • Emergence and Removal
  • Decontamination of Washing the cLMA
  • Alternatives to the cLMA
  • Special Topics
    • Positioning
    • Airway Protection
    • Cleaning vCJD
    • Single Versus Reusable
  • Difficult Airway Management
  • Self Assessment
    • Question 1
    • Question 2
    • Question 3
    • Question 4
  • Session Key Points
  • Session Summary
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