Assertion: endotracheal tube | /r/AtLocation | place
Facets:
value: within a patient's trachea
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: After the endotracheal tube is in place and a patient connected to a ventilator, health care providers will continue to monitor the tubing, settings, and provide breathing treatments and suctioning as needed.
text: As with talking eating will also be impossible while the endotracheal tube is in place.
text: However, when an endotracheal tube is in place, the epiglottis is held in an open position, and secretions which would normally be directed away from the trachea and into the digestive system, instead follow the path of the endotracheal tube and pool above the inflatable cuff of the endotracheal tube.
text: It is one object of the present invention to provide an endotracheal tube having means for evacuation or suction of infectious secretions that may have pooled above the inflatable cuff of the endotracheal tube when the endotracheal tube is in place within a patient's trachea.
text: Once an endotracheal tube is in place and stabilized, proper placement should INITIALLY be assessed by:
text: Since fluids, such as mucous, generally accumulate in the trachea while the endotracheal tube is in place, it is often necessary to use a suction catheter to clear the trachea of such fluids.