So, I have been picking up shifts in the recovery room (honestly because I want to be closer to anesthesia, such a stalker). Anyway, patient came back with an ET tube with O's attached. When the CRNA extubated, she just pulled the tubing to the cuff apart and let the cuff deflate passively. Any thoughts on this? I have extubated patients but I have always deflated the air out of the cuff with a syringe. Not judging her, but I personally would like to know that the cuff is definitely deflated.
Am I just being anal?