too lazy to look this up. What does it mean?
"too lazy to look this up. What does it mean?"
Something to do with a chest tube stuck in the side to inflate a lung, I think. Not pretty.
intubation is the placement of a tube, specifically usually down the throat to help someone breathe. with someone intubated, they can attach a bag to push air (vs. someone breathing into her mouth during CPR), etc.
Plastic breathing tube inserted through mouth into trachea to facilitate breathing. Typically hooked up to a respirator ("breathing machine") or a bag-valve device to deliver O2. The tube is called an endotracheal tube and the act of inserting it is called intubation.
on a 'respirator'.
Orotracheal and naseotracheal intubation are just fancy ways of saying that someone has diffulty keeping their airway open and air flowing, so a tub is inserted in the throat or nasal passage to keep it open. If she fell unconscious it's very common to intubate in order to keep her from suffocating, or to ready her for ventilation equipment to help keep air flowing.