Soothing Anesthesia Part 3: Intubation 👩🏻⚕️🧤💨😮💨🩺😴
After a couple minutes of forced breathing, it’s time to intubate. The anesthesiologist removes the mask and picks up the blade. She opens it and turns the light on.
She holds the blade in her left hand. With her right hand on the crown of your head, she tilts your head back as far as she can to open your airway as much as possible.
Her right hand moves to your lower jaw and opens it as she leans over you to get the best view. She lines up the blade as she holds your slack jaw open with her thumb.
She leans over you, her face mere inches from yours, her breasts brushing against your forehead. She inserts the blade, suppressing your tongue and illuminating your throat, as her left hand descends onto hour face.
Her hand is fully resting on your face as she holds your jaw open. The nurse places the breathing tube into her right hand, and she promptly slides it into your mouth, down your throat, and between your vocal chords.
After being satisfied that the tube is in position, she removes the blade turns around, and places it on the cart behind her.
She picks up an empty syringe and turns back to you. She fills it with air, attaches it to the hose in the tube, and inflates the cuff, securing a perfect seal.
Then she attaches the breathing tube to the anesthesia machine’s corrugated gas tubes.
After the line is firmly connected, she puts on her stethoscope. She leans over you, the crown of your head in her tummy, and listens to your chest.
Satisfied that the air and gas is filling your lungs and the seal is tight, she tapes the tube to your face so it doesn’t move during the procedure.
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