Can anyone help with research or reference to this, I believe that I
identified a dangerous practice, only to be told butt out, if has been
stiplulated by the medical director as okay.
Can you perform a jaw thrust from BEHIND, in an unconscious casualty, who is
sitting in a car seat,(head slumped) with only one person which would be
sitting in the rear seat and trying to manage a casualthy's airway (given
trauma involved form RTA's & C spine control) and trying to maintain netural
alinement,
My views are, IF you can get the head in natural alignment??, you would be
pushing the whole head forward by trying to extend the lower jaw. and may
compound a C-spine injury plus unable to tell if the airway is managed,
cause you still unable to check it from behind.
your thoughts please
Fred
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