Question 1

how effective is airway management for treating cardiac arrest?

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Cardiac arrest: If you don't take care of the airway and get air/oxygen into the person with cardiac arrest, they will stay dead. If you get the heart restarted but there isn't any air/oxygen going into the patient they will die.

Question 2

how to fix narrow airway on baby?

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Growth: Infant's are born with airways that function as needed unless problems arise. They are somewhat rubbery & with rapid air movement will suck in on themselves, like sucking to hard on a straw.With age they get bigger & stiffer & eventually act more like a pipe.Babies can be born with weak supportive structure or narrower airways.If too bad, a bypass tracheostomy can be used untill growth solves  pbm.

Question 3

how is reactive airways disease diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

Spirometry: This can be tested by the use of a spirometer, which may be in your doctor's office or at the local hospital, possibly with a methacholine challenge.

Question 4

will flovent keep your airways open longer?

Accepted Answer

: Flovent, a steroid inhaler, used to prevent the recurrence of asthma attack rather than abolish the attack such as Albuterol so it makes you think this inhaler keeps airway open longer.

Question 5

what kinds of things can cause a blocked airway?

Accepted Answer

Foreign body, Tumor: Foreign body, tumor, metastasisjm.

Question 6

just got diagnosed with reactive airways disease..

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Using this site: You get the most from this site when you provide detailed information about a health issue followed by a clear related question. Room for a response is limited. The information on this subject fills books. You are welcome to start over &amp; add a clear question. Posts are not linked so each needs to have all needed info.

Question 7

what symptoms mean that my child has reactive airways disease?

Accepted Answer

Cough, wheeze: The 2 most common symptoms are cough and wheezes.  These mean he/she may have reactive airways disease (asthma).

Question 8

what will  increase a person's risk of having a blocked airway?

Accepted Answer

Airway: Adult: obesity, neck-chest mass, tonsilar abscess, angioedema (severe allergic reaction) , swallowing foreign body in trachea.

Question 9

how is the diagnosis of reactive airway disorder made in children?

Accepted Answer

Similar to asthma:: A child who comes in with an airway obstruction that responds to bronchodilators (like albuterol) likely has rad.

Question 10

i am an adult with reactive airways disease. will this get worse with time?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily: Reactive airways are a type of asthma that occur in reaction to viruses, respiratory infections, etc. As long as you recognize the symptoms early and treat them, you should be fine.

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