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Actions	Brook Airway Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberED.CS.2026.19.7 TitleBrook Airway DescriptionClear plastic airway with flattened curved piece sitting behind a form fitting mouth guard which has a cut-out section labelled 'nose'. On the mouth guard is inscribed ' Brook Airway, made in Canada'. A long tube has a one-way valve within with an angled exit port half way along. Morris Brook (1911-1967), a general practitioner from Saskatoon, Canada, was involved in the resuscitation of a miner during a cave-in in 1957. Brook had to perform mouth-to-mouth respiration despite the presence of dirt, blood, and vomit. This inspired Brook to invent a device that could circumvent the need for direct contact during resuscitation. The Brook airway was introduced around 1959. It consisted of an oral airway that helped to displace the tongue and keep the patients airway clear. The non-return valve was designed so that exhaled air and any contents of the stomach could escape via a separate exit without affecting the rescuer. Production placeCANADA Production date c. 1959 - 1980 Production periodTwentieth century Object nameAnaesthetic apparatus Object categoryMedical Equipment MaterialPlastic Dimensions Length: 20.50 cm Width: 7.00 cm Depth: 6.00 cm

Object numberED.CS.2026.19.7

TitleBrook Airway

DescriptionClear plastic airway with flattened curved piece sitting behind a form fitting mouth guard which has a cut-out section labelled 'nose'. On the mouth guard is inscribed ' Brook Airway, made in Canada'. A long tube has a one-way valve within with an angled exit port half way along. Morris Brook (1911-1967), a general practitioner from Saskatoon, Canada, was involved in the resuscitation of a miner during a cave-in in 1957. Brook had to perform mouth-to-mouth respiration despite the presence of dirt, blood, and vomit. This inspired Brook to invent a device that could circumvent the need for direct contact during resuscitation. The Brook airway was introduced around 1959. It consisted of an oral airway that helped to displace the tongue and keep the patients airway clear. The non-return valve was designed so that exhaled air and any contents of the stomach could escape via a separate exit without affecting the rescuer.

Production placeCANADA

Production date c. 1959 - 1980

Production periodTwentieth century

Object nameAnaesthetic apparatus

Object categoryMedical Equipment

MaterialPlastic

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