Tracheal secretions should be suctioned for:
10-15 seconds
60 seconds
30 seconds
3 minutes
Ans. a. 10-15 seconds(Ref Current DiMMOCIC and Treatment Critical Care 3/e p255)Tracheal secretions should he suctioned limiting the time to less than 10-15 seconds. The patient should be preoxygenated with 100% oxygen for at least a minute, and the total suction time should be limited to no more than 10-15 seconds on each attempt.
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id: 1bf69f9a-987c-48fc-9356-d62d2148c3a6question: Tracheal secretions should be suctioned for:opa: 10-15 secondsopb: 60 secondsopc: 30 secondsopd: 3 minutescop: 0choice_type: singleexp: Ans. a. 10-15 seconds(Ref Current DiMMOCIC and Treatment Critical Care 3/e p255)Tracheal secretions should he suctioned limiting the time to less than 10-15 seconds. The patient should be preoxygenated with 100% oxygen for at least a minute, and the total suction time should be limited to no more than 10-15 seconds on each attempt.subject_name: Anaesthesiatopic_name: None