To enable mechanical ventilation, an endotracheal tube is often used (intubation), although there are alternative devices such as face masks or laryngeal mask airways.

EMT-Intermediates in Massachusetts follow the same protocol as the EMT-Basic, but are allowed to start IVs, perform fluid resuscitation, perform an ALS assessment and insert advanced airways such as endotracheal tubes, Combitubes and laryngeal mask airways.

Such devices include the combitube and the laryngeal mask airway.

For example, it can be attached to an endotracheal tube or laryngeal mask airway.

Besides from the supine position, the laryngeal mask airway (as with an endotracheal tube) may be used for procedures in several surgical positions.

A laryngeal mask airway is an airway placed into the mouth and set over the glottis and inflated.

The most well known example is the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA).

Alternatives to the Combitube include the laryngeal mask airway, the endotracheal tube, and the laryngeal tube.

In other circumstances simple airway maneuvres, an oropharyngeal airway or laryngeal mask airway may be employed.

To enable mechanical ventilation, an endotracheal tube is often used (intubation), although there are alternative devices such as face masks or laryngeal mask airways.

Laryngeal Mask Airway Instruction Manual.

In: The Laryngeal Mask Airway: A Review and Practice Guide.

Intermediate level EMTs can also place laryngeal mask airway devices and use CPAP when needed.

An endotracheal (ET) tube or a laryngeal mask airway is usually used to give you an inhalant anesthetic and oxygen, and to control and assist your breathing.

Joseph R. Brimacombe, Laryngeal Mask Airway: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, Saunders, 2005.

Other "noninvasive" devices which can be employed to assist in tracheal intubation are the laryngeal mask airway (used as a conduit for endotracheal tube placement) and the AirTraq.

Inhalation anesthetics are often preferred for general anesthesia because they are easy to give through a face mask, an endotracheal (ET) tube, or a laryngeal mask airway (LMA).

Laryngeal mask airway - The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) causes less pain and coughing than a tracheal tube.

The indications and contraindications for use of the laryngeal tube are similar to those of the laryngeal mask airway and include the use in general anesthesia for minor surgical operations.

Some rescuers may also choose to use a different form of resuscitation adjunt, such as an oropharyngeal airway or Laryngeal mask airway, which would be inserted and then used with the BVM.

They are administered by anaesthetists (a term which includes anaesthesiologists, nurse anaesthetists, and anaesthesiologist assistants) through an anaesthesia mask, laryngeal mask airway or tracheal tube connected to some type of anaesthetic vaporiser and an anaesthetic delivery system.

The laryngeal tube (known as the King LT in the U.S.) is an airway management device designed as an alternative to other airway management techniques such as mask ventilation, laryngeal mask airway, and tracheal intubation.

Cricoid pressure may displace the esophagus, make ventilation with a facemask or with an laryngeal mask airway (LMA) more difficult, interfere with LMA placement and advancement of a tracheal tube and alter laryngeal visualization by a flexible bronchoscope.

Because of this, recent editions of the American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation have de-emphasized the role of tracheal intubation in favor of other airway management techniques such as bag-valve-mask ventilation, the laryngeal mask airway and the Combitube.

EMT-Intermediates in Massachusetts follow the same protocol as the EMT-Basic, but are allowed to start IVs, perform fluid resuscitation, perform an ALS assessment and insert advanced airways such as endotracheal tubes, Combitubes and laryngeal mask airways.

Comparative studies indicate that the standard laryngeal tube is generally as effective as the laryngeal mask airway, while some studies indicate that the Pro-seal laryngeal mask may be more effective than the standard laryngeal tube under controlled ventilation conditions in general anesthesia.

How well you can move your jaw and neck and whether you have any limitations is evaluated; any conditions such as a large tongue, a short neck, an immobile neck, or limited mouth opening may make it more difficult to place an endotracheal (ET) tube or laryngeal mask airway (LMA).