suctioning peds?

I do homecare for a 3 year old with cronic respitory disstress.

We do deep nasal suctioning with a yaunker (does everyone call

it that??? it is like a big stick with a whole in the end to suck out

the nasal passage) Lately I have noticed others using trach suctioning kits. Have

you ever used this? For the nose? What would be the benefit

of using this? To get farther down? Is this a normal practice? Thanks!

In the NICU we use trach kits to do deep suction if needed.

I do homecare for a 3 year old with cronic respitory disstress.

We do deep nasal suctioning with a yaunker (does everyone call

it that??? it is like a big stick with a whole in the end to suck out

the nasal passage) Lately I have noticed others using trach suctioning kits. Have

you ever used this? For the nose? What would be the benefit

of using this? To get farther down? Is this a normal practice? Thanks!

The traditional Yankauer is large and rigid, but there is a smaller version to use in pediatric patients or for limited (and shallow) nasal suctioning.

Tracheal suctioning kits allow for shallow and deep suctioning, the catheter used is pliable so that you can get down into the deeper airway and remove the gunk. It can also be maneuvered around in the naso/oropharynx to suck up any secretions or other mush that's keeping junior from breathing his best.

Hope that helps.

vamedic4

It's a pool day I think

When I worked in the NICU we used what we called Baby Booger grabber (they were really bbgs) they are similar to bulb suction but used trach suction if we needed to go deeper which the docs highly didn't recommend due to the amount of damage done to the mucousa

When I worked in the NICU we used what we called Baby Booger grabber (they were really bbgs) they are similar to bulb suction but used trach suction if we needed to go deeper which the docs highly didn't recommend due to the amount of damage done to the mucousa

We have (little suckers) that are like a bulb syringe connected to suction. Also we have trach suction kits for deep suction that is sometimes needed for the back of the throat reccomended by the respiratory therapists.

We use a trach suction catheter for deep nasal and a BBG for "normal" nasal suctioning.