2006-12-31 01:16:18 · 7 answers · asked by omi 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
A breathing tube or ET tube (endotracheal tube) is what is inserted into the trachea to the lungs and the respirator/ventilator is connected to the end of the breathing tube and it is what does the breathing for you. The breathing tube becomes the airway and the ventilator becomes the lungs.
2006-12-31 12:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by CJBig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life Support Breathing Tube
2017-01-12 22:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by kareen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Respiratory Therapist and I work with these instruments daily. The breathing tube is a common name for the ETT Tube which you put down a patients trachea and into the lungs this helps us have direct access to the lungs. The respirator(ventilator, life support) is the machine that puts oxygen into the lungs at a set volume and rate. This machine can actually keep some one alive if they are not able to breath on their own.
2006-12-31 07:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by Autumn 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The tube is called an Endotracheal tube and is inserted through the vocal cords into the trachea. The respirator is what hooks up to the tube to "breathe" or assist breathing. It is what some people call "life-support"
2007-01-01 09:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tube is just that: A tube to keep the patient's breathing passages open. A respirator is a machine that forces air into the patient's lungs.
2006-12-31 01:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by Tigger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tube goes in the trachea and is hooked to the respirator to breathe.
2006-12-31 01:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the difference is in not just the shape of the instruments but also the means of travel that the air takes to get into the lungs
2006-12-31 01:18:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋