Laryngeal mask airway.
The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was first used in anaesthetic practice in the 1980s. It is now increasingly promoted as a first-line airway device during resuscitation, if a practitioner skilled in tracheal intubation is not available (Resuscitation Council (UK), 2002).
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Manor Hospital, Walsall.
D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks / Q000009:adverse effects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods