Ballard specifically recalled training the troops on how to use a nasopharyngeal airway, which is a thin tube inserted through a patient’s nose to open up their airway.

The training is part of the Special Forces Basic Combat Course-Support, ... (NE ARNG), places a nasopharyngeal airway in the nasal passage of Spc. Kaylan Alapati, medic, GSB, 3rd Special Forc ...

The training then progresses to Soldiers applying tourniquets and nasopharyngeal airway breathing devices and practicing circulation management skills.

Throughout my career as an EMS provider, I always have been nervous about aggressively approaching airway management. I have had the training and somewhat the expertise, and now I have some street ...

Closely monitor the patency and position of the airway; it can become blocked by the tongue or epiglottis and can become wedged into the vallecula (Marsh et al, 1991). Vomit, secretions and blood can ...

Ballard specifically recalled training the troops on how to use a nasopharyngeal airway, which is a thin tube inserted through a patient’s nose to open up their airway.