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A three-dimensional (3D) printed paediatric trachea for airway management training

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posted on 2022-06-26, 22:14 authored by JC Carter, J Broadbent, EC Murphy, Bernard GuyBernard Guy, KE Baguley, J Young
There is a deficit of commercially available paediatric airway models for anaesthesia airway management training, particularly for infant front-of-neck access and customised airway planning. Acknowledging this, we created a three-dimensional printed prototype for an affordable, high-fidelity training device, incorporating realistic tactile feedback, reproducibility and potential for modification for specific patient pathologies. Our model, created on a Stratasys Polyjet J750™ (Rehovot, Israel) printer, is a novel and useful educational tool in paediatric airway management, and we are pleased to share access to this resource with readers. Our work adds credence to three-dimensional printing as an accessible, reproducible and pluripotent technology in clinical anaesthesia.

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Preferred citation

Carter, J. C., Broadbent, J., Murphy, E. C., Guy, B., Baguley, K. E. & Young, J. (2020). A three-dimensional (3D) printed paediatric trachea for airway management training. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 48(3), 243-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057X20925827

Journal title

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volume

48

Issue

3

Publication date

2020-05-01

Pagination

243-245

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication status

Published

Contribution type

Letter

Online publication date

2020-06-14

ISSN

0310-057X

eISSN

1448-0271

Language

en