Airway Management Equipment

Essential basic and advanced airway management tools and adjuncts used in prehospital emergency medical care.

• Oropharyngeal Airway (OPA): Rigid curved plastic adjunct inserted into the mouth to prevent the tongue from occluding the airway in unresponsive patients.
• Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA): Soft flexible rubber or silicone tube inserted through the naris to maintain airway patency in patients with an intact gag reflex.
• Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM): Handheld self-inflating resuscitation device used to deliver positive-pressure ventilation.
• Pocket Mask: Portable barrier face mask with a one-way filter valve used for mouth-to-mask rescue ventilations.
• Non-Rebreather Mask: Oxygen delivery mask with an attached reservoir bag and one-way valves providing high concentrations of supplemental oxygen.
• Nasal Cannula: Low-flow oxygen delivery device featuring two small prongs that rest inside the anterior nares.
• Rigid Suction Catheter (Yankauer): Firm suction tip designed for rapid clearing of thick secretions, blood, and vomit from the pharynx.
• Flexible Suction Catheter: Pliable catheter used to clear secretions from the nasopharynx or an endotracheal tube.
• Laryngoscope Handle: Cylindrical handle housing batteries and providing illumination to an attached laryngoscope blade.
• Macintosh Laryngoscope Blade: Curved blade designed to fit into the vallecula to indirectly lift the epiglottis during intubation.
• Miller Laryngoscope Blade: Straight blade designed to directly lift the epiglottis to expose the vocal cords.
• Endotracheal Tube: Cuffed tube inserted directly through the vocal cords into the trachea for definitive airway control.
• Malleable Stylet: Semi-rigid metal wire inserted into an endotracheal tube to shape and maintain its curvature during placement.
• Bougie (Endotracheal Tube Introducer): Long flexible guide with an angled tip passed through the glottis to facilitate difficult intubation.
• 10 mL Syringe: Syringe used to inflate and deflate the distal cuff of an endotracheal tube or supraglottic airway.
• Magill Forceps: Angled metal forceps used to guide endotracheal tubes or remove foreign body obstructions from the pharynx.
• Colorimetric End-Tidal CO2 Detector: Single-use indicator attached to an advanced airway that changes color upon detecting exhaled carbon dioxide.
• Supraglottic Airway Device: Blind-insertion advanced airway designed to seal the hypopharynx and provide ventilation without entering the trachea.
• Commercial Endotracheal Tube Holder: Adjustable strap device used to firmly secure an endotracheal tube in place at the patient's mouth.