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jaw thrust maneuver
Maneuver for opening the airway of a patient with neck injury. The angle of the patient's mandible are grasped with the fingers of both hands (one on each side) & moving the mandible anteriorly. This movement raises the tongue away from the posterior pharynx, thus opening the airway.
General
obstructed airway maneuver
References
Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald &
McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 170