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Endotracheal Tube Suctioning

Learn the proper technique for endotracheal tube suctioning

Released:

August 26, 2013

Audience:

Physicians, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics

Learning Objectives
  • List the indications and contraindications for endotracheal tube (ETT) suctioning

  • List the equipment required for ETT suctioning

  • Describe the steps in the procedure of ETT suctioning

  • Identify the potential complications of ETT suctioning

Author(s)

Mary-Jeanne Manning, APRN, MS, PPCNP-BC, CCRN, WCC

Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practice Specialist | Boston Children’s Hospital


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Senior Associate, Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Anesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Citation

Manning MJ, Wolbrink TA. Endotracheal Tube Suctioning. 8/2013. Online Video. OPENPediatrics.   https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/2997/endotracheal-tube-suctioning.

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