An elongate strip of adhesive tape having an adhesive side and a non-adhesive side (b) a first peel-away tab on and covering more than half the length of the adhesive tape and (c) a second peel-away tabs on and covering less than half the length of the adhesive side of the adhesive tape so that when the first peel-away tab is peeled off the tape and the adhesive side of the central portion of the adhesive tape is wrapped around a tracheal tube or the like with the remaining portion of the adhesive side of the adhesive tape applied to the cheek or upper lip of the patient and then peeling the second peel-away tab from the adhesive tape and applying the thus exposed adhesive side of the adhesive tape to the other cheek or upper lip of the patient thereby securing the tube or airway to the patient. In addition, an improved kit of components for securing a tracheal tube, an adjunct tube, an oropharyngeal tube, a nasogastric tube, a laryngeal tube or a laryngeal mask airway to a patient to, the kit of components contained in a sealed and sterilizable pouch, wherein the kit includes the adhesive tape of the instant invention. Additional components of the kit may include eye tapes and tape for securing nasogastric tubes or the like to the patient.
