Airway and Respiratory Devices By Vanessa Moll, MD, DESA, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine Reviewed / Revised Apr 2023 View Patient Education Bag-Valve-Mask Devices Laryngeal Mask Airways (LMA) Endotracheal Tubes Other Devices Topic Resources Head and neck positioning... Jaw thrust Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) How To Insert an Oropharyngeal... How To Insert a Nasopharyngeal... How To Do Bag-Valve-Mask... How To Insert a Laryngeal... How To Insert an Esophageal-Trach... King Tube Placement If no spontaneous respiration occurs after airway opening and no respiratory devices are available, rescue breathing (mouth-to-mask or mouth-to-barrier device) is started; mouth-to-mouth ventilation is rarely recommended.