Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Placement in a Neonatal Patient Simulator Using a Non-Inflatable Supraglottic Airway (SGA)Birju A. Shah 1,2,3, Michelle Blunt 3, Netsanet Kassa 2, Doug Dannaway 1
1University of Oklahoma (OU) Health Sciences Center, 2Oklahoma Children's Hospital at OU Health, 3SSM Health Saint Anthony Hospital
This protocol is designed to describe a method to place and establish a supraglottic (alternative) airway during neonatal resuscitation. It can be used in situations where frontline providers cannot ventilate or endotracheally intubate neonates requiring resuscitation.