Trying to extubate a patient, the doctor peeled off the tape holding the tube in place and released air from the balloon-like inflator cuff.
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At the end of the ET tube is an inflatable cuff. The purpose of this cuff is to form an airtight seal between the outside of the ET tube and the trachea. This also prevents secretions and, should vomiting occur, gastric contents from tracking down to the bronchi. It is important to ensure that the cuff remains inflated sufficiently to do this but over inflating the cuff may cause pressure on the wall of the trachea and damage to the mucosa. \n\nThe ET tube itself is kept securely in place by tying tapes around it at the lips and around the patient's neck.
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that sounds dangerous.  someone could suffocate.
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Duct tape, a chair, and a large wooden spoon
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one cuff on the arm with a hand, the other on the belt
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Someone had to stop and rewind the tape recorder
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It's a condition in which air leaks into the space between the lungs and the chest wall.  It is serious because it leads to lung collapse and needs to be treated.  The treatment is to insert a thin tube into that space - called "the pleural space" that is in turn attached to a device that reinflates the lungs and keeps them that way as the leak heals.  Yes, it's a bit uncomfortable, but so is dying of asphyxia!
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I assume you are talking about a urinary catheter (there are many types of catheters).  While it is in, there will be a feeling of pressure until you adjust to it.  It doesn't hurt...just annoying.  Removing it is not a problem at all.  It doesn't hurt...the nurse will deflate the balloon that holds it in place and then just gently pull on the catheter...it slips right out...you feel it slide out but there is no pain or discomfort involved.  For a few hours after it is removed, you will have the feeling that you have to "go".\n\nMOdification:\nIf you are not talking about a urinary catheter, feel free to email me and I will describe whichever type you were talking about.
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sounds like a pinched nerve
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There is a chance that you could have thrown out your rotator cuff. Personally if that happened to me i would get it checked out.
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Back in the old west when the used to do this sort of thing, normally you didn't suffocate, the fall from the stage would snap your neck and you would die instantly. Some people were even decapitated while being hanged! :(
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the tube in your ear.
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you can pull it out.  i had that done years ago for smoking.  it didn't work for me either!
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He went pee pee in a tube.
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Sounds like a stretch mark.
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I had that problem when I first started the pump. I now use a product called Mastisol. It is a liquid adhesive that is designed for making tapes stick to skin better. I haven't had a problem in 5-6 years of using it. The pump company should have it available. I got mine from Medtronic Minimed.
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Take some elastic, tape it to a few layers of kleenexes
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he had to have a surgery