Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Jul;73(7):1533-1535. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.7302.
The management and maintenance of an airway can prevent life threatening complications. The handling of airway, especially in difficult airway and trauma patients, requires extreme caution. We have demonstrated a simple technique in the management of emergency airway, who was getting hypoxic due to severed endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff inflation line. A 20 G intravenous cannula was used, the leak was stopped, and the ETT balloon was inflated. Hence, the leakage and eventually hypoxia settled. We were able to manage emergency airway with this peculiar technique. The use of 20 G intravenous cannula can help to inflate a damaged ETT cuff inflation line. This is an inexpensive and effective manoeuver.
气道的管理和维护可以预防危及生命的并发症。气道的处理，特别是在困难气道和创伤患者中，需要极其小心。我们展示了一种在紧急气道管理中使用的简单技术，该技术是由于气管内导管（ETT）套囊充气线断裂导致患者缺氧。使用 20G 静脉套管针，堵住漏口，并给 ETT 球囊充气。因此，漏口和缺氧得到解决。我们能够使用这种特殊技术来管理紧急气道。使用 20G 静脉套管针可以帮助充气损坏的 ETT 套囊充气线。这是一种廉价而有效的操作。
