does the tube that goes down your throat...

by heather09treva 14th May 2010, 6:34 pm

breath for you or does it just assist you ?

by **COOKIE** 14th May 2010, 7:05 pm

Airway management

With the loss of consciousness caused by general anaesthesia, there
is loss of protective airway reflexes (such as coughing), loss of airway
patency and sometimes loss of a regular breathing pattern due to the
effect of anaesthetics, opiods, or muscle relaxants. To maintain an open airway and regulate
breathing within acceptable parameters, some form of "breathing tube" is
inserted in the airway after the patient is unconscious. To enable mechanical ventilation, an endotracheal tube is often used (intubation),
although there are alternative devices such as face masks or laryngeal mask airways.

Quote taken from HERE hunni. xx

by heather09treva 14th May 2010, 7:07 pm

ahh brill thanks cookie xx does the tube that goes down your throat... 321562

by kayla 14th May 2010, 7:07 pm

Don't worry, they don't take over your breathing for you!!!
They only do that in certain ops!!

The tubes only purpose is to maintain your airway. You could in theory have a mask on during the op so you could inhale the gas to keep you 'under' but that wouldn't help keep your airway open and if there were probs with you going too deep and your breathing slowed they would need to tube you anyway.

Hope that's releived some of the worry xx

by heather09treva 14th May 2010, 7:14 pm

thank you Kayla xx

by misf1 14th May 2010, 7:21 pm

I dont know if I had a tube down my throat. I didn't feel like I did after. But after my wisdome tooth was taken out I knew I had one then as I had a sore throat for a few hours, they told me before I went under that they would be putting one in through my nose. As for my BA I think it was just a oxygen mask I had.

by Jessica 15th May 2010, 11:51 am

I had a sore throat after my op for a couple of hours so I'm thinking I had a tube down there for a bit. Also afterwards when I have round I kept feeling like I was forgetting to breathe so I had a mask on for a bit but it soon went away and is a fairly common side effect of the GA. xx

by Mia 15th May 2010, 4:51 pm

You wont know or remember a thing honest!!!

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Oh and a wonderfull free floaty feeling......Heaven does the tube that goes down your throat... 368291

xxx

by heather09treva 15th May 2010, 4:54 pm

sounds good!! xxx

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