Anaes Vivas · Extubation & recovery
Equipment viva — the airway exchange catheter
An equipment viva on the AEC — the staged-extubation bridge for the difficult airway; the passage through the tube into the trachea, the tube removal over the AEC, the oxygenation via the AEC (the low flow), the reintubation-over-the-AEC; the risks (the barotrauma with the high flow).
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Prompt
An airway exchange catheter (the AEC) and the setup for the staged extubation. Describe its purpose, its use, and the safety.
Stimulus
This is an airway exchange catheter (the AEC) with the 15-mm connector and the oxygen adaptor. Describe its purpose, its use in the staged extubation, and the safety.
References2ShowHide
- [1]Cooper RM, et al. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation. Anaesthesia, 2013.PMID 23298360
- [23298361]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.