Endotracheal Tube Holders

[AB]

Tape, shoelaces....it really is good to have options and to be able to improvise, but are these things really as secure and as easy to apply as a commercial tube holder? Can they be applied as quickly?
 
Except for in the ICU, I've never used anything other than Thomas Tube holders. All my EMS employers have always stocked them, so I never used anything else in the field. 
 
The shoelace method sounds cool. I'd like to practice it, but I just cant visualize it.  
 
Allan

Jeff Brosius <reno316 at hotmail.com> wrote:
Honestly, I've had the best success with a standard Mark One, Mod Zero 
shoelace.

They are available at your local Target, Wal-Mart, CVS Pharmacy, and Payless 
shoe stores. Packaged in pairs, disposable, fluid/blood proof, and just 
about medic-proof.

Girth hitch the tube, then pass the ends opposite directions around the 
head, and secure around the tube again with a standard square knot.

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JRB

"I doubt, therefore I might be."





>From: "Michael McGrane" 

>Reply-To: Flightmed 

>To: flightmed at flightweb.com

>Subject: Endotracheal Tube Holders

>Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:27:19 -0700

>

>We are reevaluating endotracheal tube holders for adults and peds. We

>are currently using Thomas. Any recommendations?

>

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