Title: Demonstrate assessment and management of the airway.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician I (14055-I) > Section: Demonstrating Airway Management, Respiration and Ventilation

Demonstration should include

- a description of the anatomy and physiology related to the airway
- an explanation of the signs and symptoms of adequate vs. inadequate breathing
- standard procedures used to assess the airway of patients of all ages
- techniques within an EMT’s scope of practice that are used to assure the airway for patients of all ages
  - suctioning
  - airway obstruction
  - tracheostomy tubes/stomas
  - airway adjuncts.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is adequate breathing? What is inadequate breathing?
- What are the sections of the pharynx?
- How is the airway assessed during primary assessment?