Step 1
-Evaluate the airway
-Consider cervical injury
-Secure the airway by positioning, OPA, or NPA if possible
Step 2
Place a supraglottic airway if necessary
Step 3
Provide continuous waveform ETCO2
Step 4
Consider CPAP dyspnea caused from
-heart failure
-acute cardiogenic palmonary edema
-pneumonia
-COPD ( asthma, bronchitis, emphysema)
Step 5
Trauma patients and pediatric patients should be maintained by BLS means if possible