Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 961-975, November 2008

Pediatric Airway Management

  • Genevieve Santillanes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Box 21, Torrance, CA 90509.

Pediatric airway problems are seen commonly in pediatric and general emergency departments, management of the pediatric airway is often stressful to providers. This article reviews the pediatric airway, highlighting the anatomic and physiologic differences between infant, pediatric and adult airways, and how these differences impact assessment and management of the pediatric airway.

Keywords: Pediatric assessment triangle, Position, Suction, Oxygen, Delivery, Airway management

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PII: S0733-8627(08)00087-4

doi:10.1016/j.emc.2008.08.004

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 961-975, November 2008

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