It has a channel accomodating the bronchoscope and/ or ET tube which is open at one side. After successful intubation the Berman airway can be 'broken' open and removed from the ET tube. These devices are used to help with creating and mainaining a patent upper airway, in conjunction with the basic airway maneuvers.
Simple airway adjuncts are invaluable in increasing the success rate of basic airway maneuvers, which aim to create and maintain airway patency, allowing spontaneous respiration or facilitating bag-mask ventilation. They basically work by stenting open the obstruction in the upper airway which invariably occurs with a reduced level of consciousness, unconsciousness and general anesthesia, when the base of the tongue falls backwards against the posterior pharyngeal wall in the supine patient
Color-Coded Oral Airways
Mercury offers the Berman & Guedel Color-Coded Airways, as well as the Williams Airway Intubator or the “Round Hole Airway”.
International color-coding provides instant identification of size.
The soft, kink-resistant Guedel Airways are also engraved with the millimeter size on the flange.
8 sizes available