Laryngoscope

📑 Function
• To facilitate visualization of upper airway to assist intubation

📑 Standard laryngoscope
• Macintosh: curved blade (tip is placed in the vallecula and indirectly expose the larynx when it’s lifted)

• Miller: straight blade (tip passes posterior to epiglottis and directly expose larynx when it’s lifted), e.g. for use in neonatal resuscitation

📑 Video laryngoscope 
• Allows direct visualization of vocal cord
• Types e.g. C-Mac, Glidescope