CHEST Select - Critical Care Self-Study Resources-Foreign Body Removal for the Intubated Patient: Intro + Equipment

Foreign Body Removal for the Intubated Patient: Intro + Equipment

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Video Summary

The video demonstrates various techniques and tools for removing foreign bodies from a patient's airway. Different tools such as rubber-tipped grasping forceps, rat tooth grasping forceps, and wire basket objects are shown and discussed. The selection of a particular tool is based on the nature of the foreign body and its potential to crumble or fall apart. The video emphasizes the importance of practicing outside of the patient before attempting retrieval and highlights examples of using different tools to remove objects like a pearl earring, a large raisin, and a broken peanut.

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Asset Type Video

Curriculum Category Pulmonary Disease in Critical Care

Keywords

foreign body removal

airway obstruction

grasping forceps

wire basket

practice outside patient