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Pediatric Airway Calculator

Enter a child's age and weight and get the whole airway setup at once: endotracheal tube size and depth, blade, LMA, oral airway, and tidal volume.

Setting up a pediatric airway means running five formulas at once, and running them while the clock is the enemy. Tube size, insertion depth, blade, supraglottic size, oral airway, each from a slightly different rule, each easy to fumble at the head of the bed.

The pediatric airway calculator does all of it from one entry. Give it the child's age and weight and it lays out the complete kit: cuffed and uncuffed endotracheal tube size, depth at the lips, blade choice, LMA size by weight, oral airway, and the matching tidal volume.

It is built to set up from, not to puzzle over. The numbers are there before you have finished drawing up, with the half-sizes implied so you know what to keep open on the table.

What's included

  • Cuffed and uncuffed endotracheal tube size from age
  • Insertion depth at the lips
  • Blade type and size for the patient's age
  • LMA size matched to weight
  • Oral airway size and tidal volume on the same screen

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Clinical Access ProFull Access CE

Clinical Access Pro unlocks this and every drug, surgery, and calculator in the app, plus 6 AANA-accredited CE credits. Full Access CE includes all of that and the full course library when you’re ready to earn more.

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