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The 21 pages that link to Airway management, each with the reason it gives.

• Emergency medicineRelated: Recognizing and treating threatened airways is a time-critical emergency skill.

• SedationRelated: Deeper-than-intended sedation can obstruct the airway or impair protective reflexes.

• First aidRelated: An open airway is a prerequisite for effective breathing and resuscitation.

• Status epilepticusRelated: Seizures and sedating treatments can threaten breathing, making airway support urgent.

• AngioedemaRelated: Tongue or laryngeal swelling can obstruct breathing and may require urgent airway protection.

• ComaRelated: An unconscious person may lose protective reflexes and be unable to maintain a safe airway.

• PropofolRelated: Deep propofol sedation can require prompt airway support if breathing becomes inadequate.

• Ether anesthesiaRelated: Deep ether anesthesia can depress breathing and requires attention to the patient’s airway.

• ResuscitationRelated: An open airway is necessary for oxygenation during resuscitation.

• Advanced Trauma Life SupportRelated: An obstructed airway is an immediate threat addressed at the start of ATLS.

• Procedural sedationRelated: Rescuing a patient whose sedation becomes too deep requires airway skills and equipment.

• TracheostomyNarrower topic: Tracheostomy is one of several ways to establish or secure an airway.

• CHARGE syndromeRelated: Choanal obstruction and cranial nerve problems can make breathing support an early priority.

• Anaphylactic shockRelated: Throat swelling or bronchospasm can accompany shock and threaten oxygenation.

• AnesthesiologyRelated: Anesthesia can suppress breathing and airway reflexes, making ventilation a central responsibility.

• Emergency medical technicianRelated: Maintaining oxygen flow is a central early task in many emergency calls.

• DiphtheriaRelated: A throat membrane can narrow the airway and make urgent support necessary.

• Peter SafarRelated: Safar’s anesthesiology expertise informed airway positioning and ventilation during resuscitation.

• Mouth-to-mouth resuscitationRelated: Opening the airway helps air reach the lungs during rescue breathing.

• General anaesthesiaRelated: Unconsciousness can impair airway reflexes and breathing, making airway support essential.

• Tracheal intubationNarrower topic: Intubation is one technique within the broader practice of securing and supporting an airway.