Advanced Support of Airway and Ventilation

• ETT size= age/4 +4
• Uncuffed <7yr
• Length @ lips = 3x int diameter
• Straight blade preferred up to 1 year, possibly up to 5 years
• Displace tongue to left to clear view
• Cricothyroidotomy cannulae: 18G for baby, 14G for child, 12G for adult. Else 14G cannula attached to oxygen at 1 l/min/yr (cut side hole)
• Remember reservoir for self inflating bag; nasogastric tube

Placement of ETT confirmed by:

• observing bilateral and symmetrical movement of chest
• Auscultation of chest AND abdomen
• monitoring of expired CO2