Guedel Airway

Object numberED.CS.2025.35.57
TitleGuedel Airway
CreatorPortex (Manufacturer)
DescriptionOral airway. Use to assist in patients being ventilated with manual resuscitators. They depress the tongue and prevent it from falling to the back of the throat where it would obstruct the airway. Clear brown rubber tube, which is slightly flattened in design, with an oviod metal insert, surrounded by a rubber collar. On the metal collar is stamped 'Portex, 2'.
Production placeENGLAND
Production date 1966
Production periodTwentieth century, mid
Object nameAirway
Object categoryMedical Equipment
Dimensions
- Width: 4 cm
Depth: 3.5 cm
Length: 8.5 cm