What do you use to secure your et tubes?
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We are proposing to go to a non bifurcated tube and have the bifurcation on the extension tubing, yet some staff are preferring to stay with the bifurcated feeding tube. Can i ask how many use a bifurcated feeding tube and rationale to keep it?
I would like to know what your procedure is for preventing gastric distention when CPAP is used. How do you accomplish drainage to gravity, and what to you use to catch any gastric fluid drainage? Thank you. -- Sarah Bassett, MSN, RN Laredo, TX
4 Comments - We use an orogastric tube with a 10 ml oral syringe attached with the plunger removed
You can actually place Neotech's regular Neoleads on the little ones or on the bigger babies limbs if you don't want to place them on the chest. I love those leads as they acutally have better contact than normal leads and you can read your rhythm better on the monitor