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A maneuver used to open the airway of unconscious patients or of patients who cannot control their own airway, by jutting the patient’s jaw for ward, which in turn moves the tongue away from the back of the throat. This procedure is used especially in opening the airway of patients with suspected spinal injury, because the cervical spine is not moved during a properly performed jaw thrust.<\/p>\n

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A maneuver used to open the airway of unconscious patients or of patients who cannot control their own airway, by jutting the patient’s jaw for ward, which in turn moves the tongue away from the back of the throat. This procedure is used especially in opening the airway of patients with suspected spinal injury, because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-j"],"yoast_head":"\nJaw thrust - Definition of Jaw thrust<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A maneuver used to open the airway of unconscious patients or of patients who cannot control their own airway, by jutting the patient's jaw for ward, which in turn moves the tongue away from the back of the throat. 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