Facilitation of nasogastric and nasotracheal intubation with a nasopharyngeal airway

The two new uses for the nasopharyngeal airway include facilitation of nasogastric intubation and nasotracheal intubation. First this technique takes advantage of the nasopharyngeal airway's unique ability to traverse the nasopharanx atraumatically and serve as a conduit for the smaller nasogastric tube. This technique also utilizes the nasopharangeal airway to dilate the nasopharangeal passage atraumatically, thus facilitating the passage of an endotracheal tube during nasotracheal intubation.