Infant support

An apparatus for supporting and restraining the head, neck and body of a patient for airway management comprising:

• a first cushion having a head-receiving opening for restraining and supporting the head of a patient and a body-receiving opening for restraining and supporting the body of the patient;
• a neck support for supporting the neck of the patient in an extended position defined between said body-receiving opening and said head-receiving opening;
• and
• a second cushion, disposed below said first cushion, providing a substantially horizontal planar body-supporting surface within said body-receiving opening and providing a substantially horizontal planar head-supporting surface within said head-receiving opening, and body-supporting surface and said head-supporting surface disposed in substantially the same horizontal plane, said second cushion including a base surface, said base surface being substantially parallel to said body-supporting surface and said head-supporting surface;
• wherein said neck support is dimensioned to automatically align the axes of the head and neck of a patient for airway management when positioned thereon.