It's important to leave
the endotracheal tube in until the dog is actively swallowing to minimize aspiration.
You will see an orange
endotracheal tube in the part of video that shows what we don't do.
The only safe way to do a thorough dental examination and provide therapeutically beneficial dental treatment is with the animal under a surgical plane of general anesthesia with a properly fitted, cuffed
endotracheal tube in place.
We do not want them to vomit any food when they are under for surgery, especially with
an endotracheal tube in place.
We ended up landing ina cornfield long enough for me to get a new
endotracheal tube in.
The top drawer could contain intubation supplies, including endotracheal tubes (at least one of each size), laryngoscope handles, blades of various sizes, and umbilical tape or something else for tying
endotracheal tubes in place.
Not exact matches
Endotracheal intubation,
in which a
tube is inserted through the voice box (larynx) into the windpipe, and tracheotomy,
in which surgery is undertaken to create a hole through the neck and into the windpipe (trachea) to facilitate breathing, are widely used
in the hospital setting for elective surgery and
in cases of serious illness or critical injury.
These patients may have a diminished ability to protect their own airways, so securing the airway
in an efficient manner and ensuring the
endotracheal tube cuff is properly inflated will help protect them.
- Obesity - Anesthesia involving the placement of an
endotracheal tube - Development of kennel cough or other respiratory infection - Increased respiratory irritants
in the air (cigarette smoke, dust, etc.)- Heart enlargement (the heart can get so big that it presses on the trachea)- If a secondary factor such as one of those listed above should occur and make a previously incidental collapsed trachea a problem, often removal of the secondary factor (weight loss program, getting an air filter, etc.) may clear up the symptoms of the collapsed trachea.
All patients receiving a general anesthetic will have a breathing (
endotracheal)
tube placed
in order to keep the airway open and allow for supplemental oxygen or gas anesthesia as needed.
Once the
endotracheal tube has been secured
in place, oxygen and a maintenance anesthetic drug or anesthetic gas will be delivered through the
endotracheal tube.
Once unconsciousness is produced a
tube, known as an
endotracheal tube is placed
in the trachea (windpipe).
An
endotracheal tube can be inserted to assist with breathing (it needs to be removed
in order to examine the nasal cavity).
Douglas Mader, a veterinary specialist
in Marathon, Fla., was performing routine dental procedures on two cats when he noticed frothy blood within
endotracheal tubes used to supply anesthesia to the animals.
Your pet relaxes so an
endotracheal tubespecific type of tracheal
tube that is nearly always inserted through the mouth or nose can be placed
in the tracheathe windpipe; a
tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs to protect the airway.
In addition to delivering the gas to the lungs, the
endotracheal tube seals off the airway so that the patient does not accidentally aspirate fluids or other foreign material while s / he is unconscious and unable to swallow.
In order to ensure accurate delivery of the gas anesthetic, a breathing
tube, called an
endotracheal tube, is inserted into the windpipe or trachea.
When
endotracheal tubes are used, they should remain
in place during recovery from anesthesia until appropriate protective reflexes have returned.
In addition to delivering the gas to the lungs, the
endotracheal tube seals off the airway so that fluids can not be accidentally aspirated while the patient is unconscious and unable to swallow.