Product Description
oropharyngeal airway
A Guedel pattern airway is a medical device called an airway adjunct used to maintain or open a patient’s airway. It does this by preventing the tongue from covering the epiglottis, which could prevent the person from breathing. When a person becomes unconscious, the muscles in their jaw relax and allow the tongue to obstruct the airway.
Indications for use
To ensure airway patency:
- Unconscious patient with loss of upper airway muscle tone
- Unconscious patient with difficult bag/mask seal
- Intubated patient, in whom the oropharyngeal airway acts as a bite block, preventing the kinking of the softer endotracheal tube.
To improve airway hygiene:
- Suctioning a patient with poor secretion clearance.
Safety features
- The airways are colour coded to help recognise the sizes; the length of the tube is marked on the flange with a number.
- The flange limits the depth of insertion – so you cant accidentally lose the tube in somebody’s airway.
- The reinforced bite block prevents occlusion of the airway by clenching of the teeth.
- The rigid construction is kink-resistant.
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