An introducer to facilitate nasotracheal intubation.
An introducer to facilitate nasotracheal intubation is described. The instrument is passed orally and a distal hook engages in the Murphy foramen of a P.V.C. nasal tube to direct it atraumatically into the trachea.
D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009666:Nose