The nurse is assisting the physician with the insertion of a new tracheostomy tube. The physician asks for the obturator. The nurse correctly hands the physician which device?
a. The guide for the tracheostomy tube to be inserted
b. The scalpel used to make the tracheostomy stoma
c. A single-cannula tracheostomy tube
d. A cuffed tracheostomy tube
A
The obturator is used during insertion of a tracheostomy tube as a guide to protect against scrap-ing the sides of the trachea with the sharp edge of the tube.
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