How many laryngoscopes are used for a term infant?

• A. 0
• B. 1
• C. 2
• D. 3

Answer: (B)

For a term infant, routine endotracheal intubation uses a single laryngoscope blade to visualize the laryngeal opening and guide the tube into the trachea. A single blade is sufficient to obtain a clear view of the cords in most newborns, and using more than one blade at the same time isn’t part of standard practice for a typical intubation. If the first attempt doesn’t succeed, you reassess and may repeat with the same equipment or adjust the blade size or technique, but the number of laryngoscopes used concurrently remains one per attempt. Zero would leave no visualization, which makes intubation impractical, and using two or more blades at once is unnecessary for a routine proceedure.