luisf31

Thanks for all the feedback!.. I am investigating all these issues...get back to y'all asap

Thanks I'll get to it

Hello all, I am a graduate student and I wanted to see if some people could help me get more information on endotracheal intubations (ETIs). I have three basic questions. Answer any that you can, anything helps :) What is the amount of ETIs you believe are performed in one day? Are ETIs difficult to perform correctly on the first try? Do you think there should be a better to way perform ETIs? Thanks everyone

Hello everyone my name is Luis, and I am currently a graduate student in biology. My friend, who is a nurse, has mentioned to me that endotracheal intubations (ETIs) are difficult to perform properly the first time and if performed improperly the tube must be removed and another attempt must be made. He stated that one reason for this procedure being difficult, is that the current methods in assessing correct placement of the tube require one to connect the outer end of the tube to either the EID plunger or the CO2 detectors. Then, to use those devices and determine if the tube is placed properly. And if the tube is determined to be placed improperly, then one must remove the tube completely and retry. We have brainstormed and concluded that if we made an endotracheal tube (ETT) that has a built in mechanism to assess correct placement of the tube (meaining removing the tube and reattempting are not neccesary), then, presumeably we could eliminate some problems associated with ETIs. We believe a device like this could be most useful in an out-of-hospital settings as well as military settings. I would like to get feedback, thoughts, and constructive criticism on our idea. Thank you all