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  2. Jaw-thrust maneuver - Wikipedia

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    The jaw-thrust maneuver is a first aid and medical procedure used to prevent the tongue from obstructing the upper airways. This maneuver and the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver are two of the main tools of basic airway management, and they are often used in conjunction with other basic airway techniques including bag-valve-mask ventilation. The ...

  3. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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    The jaw thrust is a technique used on patients with a suspected or possible cervical spinal cord injury and is used on a supine patient. The practitioner uses their index and middle fingers to physically pull the posterior (back) of the mandible towards the ceiling, while their thumbs open the mouth. [16] [17]

  4. Orofacial myofunctional disorders - Wikipedia

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    While identifying the causes of tongue thrust, it is important to remember that the resting posture of the tongue, jaw, and lips are crucial to the normal development of the mouth and its structures. If the tongue rests against the upper front teeth, the teeth may protrude forward, and adverse tongue pressure can restrict the development of the ...

  5. Airway management - Wikipedia

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    The jaw-thrust maneuver is an effective airway technique, particularly in the patient in whom cervical spine injury is a concern. It is easiest when the patient is positioned supine . The practitioner places their index and middle fingers behind the angle of the mandible to physically push the posterior aspects of the mandible upwards while ...

  6. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    When in lying position, the body may assume a great variety of shapes and positions. The following are the basic recognized positions: Supine position: lying on the back with the face up; Prone position: lying on the chest with the face down ("lying down" or "going prone") Lying on either side, with the body straight or bent/curled forward or ...

  7. Wait, What's the Difference Between a Glute Bridge and a Hip ...

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    "It involves lying on the back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor," Julom says. "The movement starts by lifting the hips off the ground until the body forms a straight line from shoulders ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Recruits - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    “We have come back, we have had brothers die in our arms, we’ve picked up parts of other people,” 28-year-old Marine Sgt. Sendio Martz told me one day at Camp Lejeune, N.C., last fall, shortly before his medical discharge from the Marine Corps. He spoke haltingly, searching for the words.

  9. Tongue thrust - Wikipedia

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    Tongue thrust, also called reverse swallow or immature swallow, is a pseudo-pathological name for an adaptive lip seal mechanism, whereby normal nasal breathing or normal swallowing can occur. Tongue thrust can also be seen as an oral myofunctional disorder, a tongue muscle pattern that is perceived as clinically abnormal, in which the tongue ...