RT Book, Section A1 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 57702126 T1 Chapter 20. Double Lumen Airway Tube Intubation T2 Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-161352-1 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57702126 RD 2024/03/29 AB The Esophageal-Tracheal Combitube (ETC; Kendall Sheridan, Mansfield, MA) and the EasyTube (EzT; Teflex Medical [Ruesch], Kernen, Germany) are double lumen airway devices that can be blindly inserted into the unconscious and unresponsive patient. The ETC and EzT function to adequately ventilate and oxygenate a patient while simultaneously protecting the airway from aspiration.1,2 They are most often used in the prehospital setting by emergency medical technicians not trained in standard orotracheal intubation and by paramedic-level rescuers as an alternative airway device when standard orotracheal intubation fails.3–5 These are the only two double lumen devices used in the prehospital setting and the Emergency Department. The Emergency Physician should be familiar with these devices so that it can be removed and exchanged with an endotracheal tube if placed in the prehospital environment or if required in the Emergency Department to manage a difficult airway.