Airway adjuncts.
Airway management is an essential component of the emergency medicine skill set. Management of the difficult airway may include airway adjuncts, including variants of laryngoscopic blades, supraglottic devices, stylets, and video laryngoscopy. These various airway adjuncts have certain advantages and disadvantages, and factors to be considered include ease of use, cost, maintenance, storage, and portability. Selection of a subset of the numerous products available can aid the clinician in the development of expertise with airway adjunct devices that can be reliably used in urgent situations.
Marco
Catherine A
CA
University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3045 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614, USA. catherine.marco@utoledo.edu
Marco
Alan P
AP
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000639:trends; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D020704:Laryngoscopes / Q000639:trends*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*