Wee – Avoiding Disaster – Endotracheal Tube Cuff Leaks and Tube Exchanges - a podcast by Scott D. Weingart, MD FCCM

 

Equipment to have Bedside



* VL

* Suction

* New Same-Sized Empty ETT

* Additional ETTs

* Syringe

* Tube Exchanger (Cook CAE19 for ETT 7 or larger; CAE15 for ETT 5-6.5)

* BronchPort

* Tons of lube

* Bougie or Glidescope Stylet depending on your VL choice

* SGA and Scalpel

* ETCO2 with Waveform

* BVM

* If you have one available, a Bronchoscope is a wonderful bonus esp. if it can fit an Aintree catheter



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Literature



* [cite source='pubmed']19299792[/cite]

* Please Use VL if it is available [PMID: 26111264]

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