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Airway Care

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Extubation Step:1   Suction Airway below and then above the cuff  
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Extubation Step:2   Deflate Cuff  
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Extubation Step:3   Have patient inspire deeply  
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Extubation Step:4   Remove the tube at PEAK INSPIRATION- to prevent vocal cord damage  
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Extubation Step:5   Have the patient cough To clear any remaining secretions  
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Extubation Step:6   Administer Oxygen and Humidity if/as indicated  
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Extubation Step:7   Observe any complications * Laryngeal Edema ( Stridor) * Respiratory Obstruction  
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Complications and management: Severe Respiratory Distress Marked/Inspiratory Stridor   REINTUBATE the patient  
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Complications and management: Moderate Distress/Stridor   Oxygen, cool mist aerosol and racemic epinephrine, to reduce swelling  
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Complications and management: Mild/Stridor/ Sore Throat   Provide Humidity, Oxygen and/or racemic epinephrine as necessary  
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Post-Extubation Complications: Vocal Cord Polyps   due to chronic inflammation  
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Post-Extubation Complications: Mucosal ulceration   torn mucosal, doesn't require re intubation  
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Post-Extubation Complications: Tracheomalacia   softening or dilation of tracheal cartilage  
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Post-Extubation Complications: Tracheostenosis   gradual obstruction (narrowing) that occurs with healing causing stridor  
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