Intubating LMA
Advantages
- Designed specifically to facilitate tracheal intubation while
maintaining ventilation and oxygenation
- Proven to be effective in cases of known and unanticipated
difficult intubation
- Allows low skill high success techniques such as fibre-optic guided
intubation
Disadvantages
- There is a technique to insertion that requires practice and some
degree of familiarity
- Success and safety rely on use of the appropriate tracheal tube and
correct technique