PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrode pad by which the respiratory tract can surely be ensured by simple work, and to provide a respiratory tract ensuring apparatus equipped with the electrode pad.SOLUTION: The respiratory tract ensuring apparatus includes: a stimulation feeding device 3 for feeding an electric stimulation a pair of electrodes 4 and 5 electrically connected with the stimulation feeding device 3 and a pair of conductive sections 6 and 7 respectively electrically connected with the pair of electrodes 4 and 5, having conductivity, and at the same time, having a pasting surface 10a pasted to the skin of a patient. The pasting surfaces 10a respectively have sizes to be able to cover a range including at least a part of the hyoid bone J1 of the patient J, at least a part of the geniohyoid J3 extending upward from the hyoid bone J1, and at least a part of the sternohyoideus J4 extending downward from the hyoid bone J1, when the patient J is viewed from his/her side.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡易な作業で確実に気道を確保することができる電極パッド及びこれを備えた気道確保装置を提供すること。【解決手段】電気刺激を供給可能な刺激供給装置3と、刺激供給装置3に電気的に接続可能な一対の電極4、5と、一対の電極4、5に対してそれぞれ電気的に接続され、導電性を有するとともに患者の皮膚に貼着可能な貼着面10aを有する一対の導電部6、7とを備え、貼着面10aは、患者Jを側方から見た状態において、患者Jの舌骨J1の少なくとも一部と、舌骨J1から上に延びるオトガイ舌骨筋J3の少なくとも一部と、舌骨J1から下に延びる胸骨舌骨筋J4の少なくとも一部とを含む範囲を被覆可能な大きさをそれぞれ有する。【選択図】図1
