868.5090—Emergency airway needle.
               		
               	 	
               	 	
               	 	               	 	               	 	               	 	               	 	
               	 	
    
        
        (a) Identification.
         An emergency airway needle is a device intended to puncture a patient's cricothyroid membrane to provide an emergency airway during upper airway obstruction.
     
    
        
        (b) Classification.
         Class II (performance standards).