Archimedes March 2022: Tubes and technology

A bit like aircraft, intubating and extubating are the awkward and skill-requiring parts of a ventilator journey. Well, not so much the tube removal itself, but the choice of when to do it. And we’ve got a topic report which asks if the ubiquitous ultrasound could help us with that decision: (https://adc.bmj.com/content/107/3/303.1). As for popping a tube in, how do you know it’s in the right place? Slide that probe over - at least in neonates - and see if you can see the tip located properly (https://adc.bmj.com/content/107/3/305). So while we’re thinking about tubes and ways of working, perhaps we need to consider just how do we test such ‘craft’ interventions? Well… have a listen and while the whole answer won’t be revealed … some starter thoughts might be (https://adc.bmj.com/content/107/3/303.2). Tie down your garden furniture, hold onto your fence posts, and tell us what you think, and submit your own following the instructions on the website and you too could be hearing all about yourself spoken by Archi.

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