The nurse is providing care to a patient on mechanical ventilation with an endotracheal tube
The nurse carefully inflates the cuff of the endotracheal tube using the minimal leak method, knowing that a properly inflated cuff provides which benefits to the patient? (Select all that apply.)
a. Prevents aspiration of gastric contents
b. Promotes accumulation of secretions below the epiglottis
c. Prevents air from escaping between the tube and the tracheal wall
d. Promotes lung inflation for mechanical ventilation
A, C, D
A cuff on an endotracheal tube prevents the escape of air between the tube and the walls of the trachea and reduces aspiration when a patient is receiving mechanical ventilation. The goals of correctly inflating the cuff on an artificial airway are to promote lung inflation for mechanical ventilation, prevent aspiration of gastric contents, and at the same time allow drainage of secretions that accumulate between the epiglottis and the cuff.
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