A pair of pads is held against the remus of a patients jaw, to prevent the jaw from slipping back and causing an airway obstruction, while the patients neck is hyperextended to also cause the patients airway to stay open. A device including the adjustable jaw pads as well as a triangularly shaped portion over which the patients neck rests is not required to be attached to the surface on which the patient is lying, and permits the patient to be rolled on either side while still maintaining the patency of the patients airway.
