Suggested contents of difficult airway cart in the operating room

Rigid laryngoscope blades of alternate design and size from those routinely used; this may include a rigid fiberoptic laryngoscope.

Videolaryngoscope.

Tracheal tubes of assorted sizes.

Tracheal tube guides. Examples include (but are not limited to) semirigid stylets, ventilating tube-changer, light wands, and forceps designed to manipulate the distal portion of the tracheal tube.

Supraglottic airways (eg, LMAs or ILMAs of assorted sizes for noninvasive airway ventilation/intubation).

Flexible fiberoptic intubation equipment.

Equipment suitable for emergency invasive airway access.

An exhaled carbon dioxide detector.

The items listed in this table represent suggestions. The contents of the portable storage unit should be customized to meet the specific needs, preferences, and skills of the practitioner and healthcare facility.

LMA: laryngeal mask airway; ILMA: intubating LMA.

From: Apfelbaum JL, Hagberg CA, Caplan RA, et al. Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology. 2013; 118:251. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31827773b2. Copyright © 2013 American Society of Anesthesiologists. Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.

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Suggested contents of difficult airway cart in the operating room