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| Oral intubation | Unit (45%) transport (59%) |
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| Premedication for elective/planned intubation | Always or almost always (combined 93%) |
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| Methods to secure ETTs | (i) Tapes only (40%)
(ii) Tape plus adhesive (i.e., tapes used with addition of adhesive like Mastisol to increase the adhesive strength) (38%)
(iii) Sutures with tapes (11%)
(iv) Adhesives with tapes and sutures (2%) |
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| Other methods used for securing ETT |
NeoBar, tapes with NeoBar, and NeoBridge |
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| Point of measurement for an oral ETT | Upper lip (70%) |
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| Confirming the ETT position | (i) 69% use 1 view (AP view)
(ii) 77% also rely on auscultation of the breath sounds
(iii) 19% also used other methods like end tidal co2 detectors, mist in the tube, chest rise, and clinical improvement |
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| Reintubations (length same as before) | 94% would not get an X-ray |
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| Position of the head during the CXR | Neutral or midline (62%) |
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| Analgesia/sedation during mechanical ventilation | Sometimes (66%) |
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| Accidental extubations were reported | Occasionally by 76% |
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| Knowledge about the level of the vocal cords and carina | Marked differences |
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| Effects of flexion and extension on the ETT position | Marked differences |
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| Auscultation of the bilateral breath sounds was not believed to rule out endobronchial intubations | 70% agreed |
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| Tube repositioning | (i) 81% felt the need to reposition the ETT sometimes
(ii) T1-T2 26% will reposition
(iii) T2-T3 7% did not reposition |
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