A Modified Technique for Securing Oro-Nasal Tubes

1 May 1990

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation

Vol. 11 (3) , 244-245
https://doi.org/10.1097/00004630-199005000-00012

Abstract

Secure positioning of orally or nasally placed endotracheal and gastric tubes is a necessity for the patient with burns. This article describes a technique for securing these tubes with a simple modification to avoid compression on the ear that may lead to subsequent necrosis and infection.

Keywords

NASAL TUBES
SECURING ORO
NASALLY PLACED
ORO NASAL
SECURE POSITIONING
MODIFIED TECHNIQUE
PLACED ENDOTRACHEAL
AVOID COMPRESSION

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