#Laryngoscope blade sizes for pediatrics professional#

He has completed fellowship training in both intensive care medicine and emergency medicine, as well as post-graduate training in biochemistry, clinical toxicology, clinical epidemiology, and health professional education. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives.ДЄfter finishing his medical degree at the University of Auckland, he continued post-graduate training in New Zealand as well as AustraliaвЂ™s Northern Territory, Perth and Melbourne. He is on the Board of Directors for the Intensive Care FoundationВ and is a First Part Examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He is also the Innovation Lead for the Australian Centre for Health Innovation at Alfred Health and Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University.В He is a co-founder of the Australia and New Zealand Clinician Educator NetworkВ (ANZCEN) and is the Lead for the ANZCEN Clinician Educator IncubatorВ programme. Right-handed blades available for left handed peopleД¬hris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the Alfred ICU in Melbourne.Disposable metal and plastic blades available.Miller and Wisconsin blades (straight blades with curved tips) Magill (straight blade with U-shaped cross section) McCoy (Macintosh like blade with a moveable distal tip segment, flexed by a lever controlled by the thumb of the hand holding the handle to displace the larynx forwards) Kessel (like the Macintosh but the blade attaches at 110 degrees)

Macintosh (commonest blade attaches to handle at 90 degrees)

Penlight - thinner diameter, works better with smaller blades.

Short handle - useful for short necks, barrel chests and large breasts such as obstetric or obese patients (often with a Kessel blade).

Soft tissue injury and upper airway haemorrhage.

with a straight blade the tip is used to lift the epiglottis directly to reveal the cords (useful in paediatrics as small children have long floppy epiglottis).

with a curved blade the tip is placed in the vallecula behind the epiglottis.

Handle tip containing electrical connection and connection for hook.

Flange (containing web and light source) вЂ“ proximal flange to sweep the tongue aside.

Base of blade (attaches to handle and makes an electrical connection when extended).

also useful for insertion of a gastric tube or TOE probe by lifting the larynx forwards.visualisation the vocal cords to allow insertion of an endotracheal tube.device used to visualise the vocal cords to facilitate intubation.

Laryngoscope blade sizes for pediatrics