The endotracheal tube in detail | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2015年6月17日—ThewholepointofMurphy'seyeistoactasanadditionalairvent.Basically,evenifthetipoftheETTisblockedwithfilthysecretions,there ...

The item discussed here is the Mallinckrodt size 8.5 endotracheal tube with an above-the-cuff suction port.  There being millions of different types, I thought it would be better to just pick a representative style, and to discuss it. The suction port is a bit of a gimmick, and many places dont use this style of tube. Of course, the "representative style" available to me was the one which was already unwrapped, in the ICU nurse educators office.  There are several structural features of note, which each deserve some brief mention. These features are common to the vast majority of ETTs.

Overall, in its simplest form the ETT is a length of tubing about 33cm long. It is made of transparent polyvinyl chloride, which is a considerable improvement on the metal and rubber ETTs[1] of the earlier decades, even though in comparison to them it is rather flammable[2]. Previously to the modern infatuation with plastic, the early tub...