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