Table 1.

Anesthesia equipment

Essential equipment ✜ IV catheters – 20 and 22 G ✜ Face masks ✜ Endotracheal tubes with a Murphy eye; variety of sizes (2.0–5.5 mm), cuffed or uncuffed ✜ Laryngoscope and appropriate blade and size: ✜ eg, Miller, Cranwall or Seward, size 0–2 ✜ Anesthesia machine with out-of-circuit vaporizer ✜ Non-rebreathing anesthesia circuit with manometer ✜ Safety pop-off relief valve ✜ Esophageal stethoscope ✜ Thermometer ✜ Blood pressure monitor ✜ Pulse oximeter with waveform display

Recommended additional equipment ✜ High-pressure breathing circuit alarm ✜ End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitor with waveform display ✜ Fluid pump ✜ Electrocardiograph