Indications | primary airway management device in the operative setting in pre-selected, fasted patients a temporary bridge to intubation by pre-hospital providers in cardiac arrest situations a rescue device in “can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate” alternative to the use of bag valve masks to reduce the risk of gastric inflation |
Contraindications | a conscious or awake patient poor pulmonary compliance high airway resistance pharyngeal pathology a risk for aspiration and/or airway obstruction below the larynx. |