Army Spc. Sarah Gass, 699th Maintenance Company track-wheel mechanic, prepares to insert a nasopharyngeal airway into the nasal passage of a fellow Combat Life Saver Course student at Joint Base Balad on March 2. Performing an NPA was a skill required for course students to receive their CLS certification. Students were required to both administer and receive an NPA on each other. Once CLS-certified, servicemembers are trained to provide immediate care, administer IV fluids to control shock, and perform needle chest decompression for a casualty with tension pneumothorax. A tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition that results from a progressive deterioration and worsening of a simple pneumothorax, collapsed lung.
| Date Taken: | 03.04.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 03.07.2009 10:27 |
| Photo ID: | 155535 |
| VIRIN: | 090304-F-2824A-004 |
| Resolution: | 3216x2136 |
| Size: | 5.41 MB |
| Location: | BALAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 81 |
| Downloads: | 11 |
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