Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation

The importance of flow and pressure release in emergency jet ventilation devices

“…Due to the positive intrapulmonary pressure resulting from TTJV, an obstructed upper airway may open up thereby allowing the egress of gas. However, in up to 14% of the ‘cannot intubate, cannot ventilate’ (CICV) crises the upper airway remains totally obstructed and exhalation is compromised due to the distorted anatomy, edema, or laryngospasm (9). Another limitation is that this is not a clinical study.…”

Complete upper airway obstruction, a misquote too far?

“…In our view, both in their letter and subsequent article, the authors misquote and hence misrepresent the work by Smith et al. (3). Additionally, they seem to misrepresent a further paper by Jaquet et al.…”

Loss of the airway during tracheostomy: rescue oxygenation and re-establishment of the airway

“…The latter manoeuver could be achieved by connecting the catheter to a Laerdel bag or a jet ventilation device. 5,6 In adults, we recommend the use of a lubricated size 14F JVAE catheter for such purposes. Size 14F catheters will be easily introduced in endotracheal tubes up to size #6.5.…”