Levitan FPS Guide Sheet

LEVITAN FPS SCOPE

< 35˚ Angle

Scope Preparation

• Shape stylet with slight bend at proximal cuff. Bend angle should not exceed 35˚. • Apply anti-fog and/or warm stylet using a warm blanket or immersing in warm saline bottle. • Cut ET tube so stylet is recessed in tube. Press ET tube into tube stop. • Set oxygen flow through tube stop to 5-10 liters per minute. • Lubricate stylet and ET tube.

ACTIONS

1

SIDE VIEW

• Perform Optimal Curved Blade Laryngoscopy.

SIDE VIEW - PLACEMENT

DOCTOR’S VIEW

Laryngoscope

If Glottic Opening is visualized: • Intubate under direct vision using Levitan Scope as normal stylet. • Scope provides immediate visual confirmation of tube placement. If Glottic Opening is not visualized, move on to Step 2.

2

• Place Levitan Scope tip

3

• Switch from Direct

beneath and away from epiglottis edge. • Maintain position of scope, keeping tip off mucosa.

Laryngoscopic view to Fiberoptic View. • View epiglottis edge, posterior cartilage and larynx.

Epiglottis

Do not look through eyepiece

Epiglottis Scope

Epiglottis Look through eyepiece

Arytenoids

• Advance scope under

4

fiberoptic visualization past vocal cords. • Remove laryngoscope. • Slide ET tube off with left hand. • Visualize tube entering trachea.

Vocal Cords

Look through eyepiece

Trachea

Tube Entering Trachea

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