Intubation Explained | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2019年7月21日—Intubationisaprocedurethat'susedwhenyoucan'tbreatheonyourown.Yourdoctorputsatubedownyourthroatandintoyourwindpipeto ...

Intubation is a procedure thats used when you cant breathe[1] on your own. Your doctor puts a tube down your throat and into your windpipe to make it easier to get air into and out of your lungs[2]. A machine called a ventilator pumps in air with extra oxygen. Then it helps you breathe out air that’s full of carbon dioxide (CO2). This is called mechanical ventilation. It helps keep your oxygen and CO2 at healthy levels.

The drugs[3] that put you to “sleep” during surgery (general anesthesia[4]) may also hold down your breathing. Intubation lets a machine breathe for you. That’s why your anesthesiologist (the doctor who puts you to sleep for surgery) might intubate you.

Your doctor also may do it if you have an injury or illness that makes it hard to breathe. That’s because breathing provides oxygen that every cell in your body n...