Improving styletted oral tracheal intubation: rational use of the OTSU

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie
R B Stasiuk

Abstract

To introduce an improved method of styletted oral laryngoscopic tracheal intubation. The oral tracheal stylet unit (OTSU) is constructed using a commonly available intubating stylet combined with an ordinary endotracheal tube (ETT). The ETT/stylet is created by a series of specific steps to form an OTSU, each with a standard shape and design that allows the tracheal tube to separate freely from the stylet. After construction, every unit is tested to confirm that the frictional resistance created by the tracheal tube, as it slides along the stationary stylet, is at an absolute minimum. Successful tracheal intubation is based on the following concepts: (a) The j-shaped OTSU, when correctly directed through the airway, passes freely from the mouth to the larynx, the laryngoscopic channel; (b) The tip of the ETT must first be placed between the vocal cords with every intubation. The tracheal tube is then launched and advanced into the trachea by sliding along and off a stationary stylette; (c) Only minimal force is required to propel the ETT during intubation; (d) Resistance to placement, launch or advancement means the tip of the OTSU has come into physical contact with the patient's airway; (e) When the epiglottis obscures the la...Continue Reading

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Aug 17, 2005·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Russell B P Stasiuk
May 7, 2004·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Laurence W Lee
Aug 29, 2003·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Takashi NoguchiAkio Shigematsu
Feb 2, 2002·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Michael S Stix, Eduardo Mancini
Feb 2, 2002·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·M Greschner
Nov 3, 2006·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Russell B P Stasiuk
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Sep 10, 2002·Anesthesiology·Russell B Stasiuk
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