Tracheostomy tubes are inserted into and incision in the windpipe to relieve an obstruction in the airway. Endotracheal tubes are used to intubate a patient during anesthesia or when there is maintenance of the airway (Types of intubation, n.d.). Tracheostomy tubes and endotracheal tubes are often used for the distribution for aerosol therapy. According to the Medical Dictionary, Aerosol deposition is the depositing or the retention of aerosol particles on a nearby surface within the respiratory system. “Aerosol deposition during mechanical ventilation is reduced by the presence of an artificial airway” (Ari, Harwood, Sheard, & Fink, 2012). When the artificial airways diameter diminishes, the aerosol deposition within the airway will then increase.
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This was used to determine if an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube is more effective at delivering aerosol deposition. A lung model with a T-piece and a tracheostomy collar. This is set up with a teaching manikin who is intubated with an endotracheal tube and a tracheostomy tube. The left and right main stem bronchi of the lungs are then attached to a collecting filter. This apparatus was then attached to a sinusoidal pump which is used to stimulate breathing, it was set at a breathing rate of 20 breaths a minute. The T-piece which is an open T-piece connects the endotracheal tube to another tube where aerosol will be administered from a jet nebulizer. The other model that was used in this experiment is a lung model with a manual resuscitation bag. This model starts out by using a manual resuscitation bag which is attached to tubing that is connected to a jet nebulizer connecting to a T-piece which is attached to the airway. The T-piece is attached by using an endotracheal tube and a tracheostomy tube. The breaths were then delivered by the manual resuscitation bag. It is important to know how to be able to set up these apparatuses. Now that I have read this article and reviewed the illustrations provided on these models I have a better understanding on how these models are set up and what they look like. Therefore, Now that I know how the setups look and how they
This was used to determine if an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube is more effective at delivering aerosol deposition. A lung model with a T-piece and a tracheostomy collar. This is set up with a teaching manikin who is intubated with an endotracheal tube and a tracheostomy tube. The left and right main stem bronchi of the lungs are then attached to a collecting filter. This apparatus was then attached to a sinusoidal pump which is used to stimulate breathing, it was set at a breathing rate of 20 breaths a minute. The T-piece which is an open T-piece connects the endotracheal tube to another tube where aerosol will be administered from a jet nebulizer. The other model that was used in this experiment is a lung model with a manual resuscitation bag. This model starts out by using a manual resuscitation bag which is attached to tubing that is connected to a jet nebulizer connecting to a T-piece which is attached to the airway. The T-piece is attached by using an endotracheal tube and a tracheostomy tube. The breaths were then delivered by the manual resuscitation bag. It is important to know how to be able to set up these apparatuses. Now that I have read this article and reviewed the illustrations provided on these models I have a better understanding on how these models are set up and what they look like. Therefore, Now that I know how the setups look and how they