Learn the purpose of an inner cannula in tracheostomy care, including cleaning, airway patency, ventilation, and safety.
Airway Management
Bulb Suction for Infants: Uses, Technique, and Safety
Learn how bulb suction is used to safely remove mucus and secretions from the mouth and nose of newborns and infants.
Pilot Balloon Function and Endotracheal Tube Cuff Management
Learn how the pilot balloon controls cuff pressure, helps detect leaks, and supports safe endotracheal tube and airway management.
Mucus Plug in the Lungs: Causes, Signs, and Treatment
Learn what a mucus plug in the lungs is, including causes, symptoms, airway obstruction risks, ventilator signs, and treatment options.
Suctioning in Respiratory Care: Key Clinical Concepts
Learn about suctioning, including the indications, techniques, equipment, and safety tips for airway clearance in respiratory care.
Video Laryngoscopy: Uses and Benefits in Airway Management
Learn how video laryngoscopy improves airway visualization, supports difficult intubation, and helps confirm endotracheal tube placement.
Cricoid Pressure During Intubation and Airway Management
Learn how cricoid pressure is used during intubation, including its purpose, technique, risks, and role in airway management.
Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI): Procedure and Key Concepts
Learn about rapid sequence intubation (RSI), including indications, steps, medications, risks, and the role of respiratory therapists.
Tracheostomy Button: Clinical Uses, Benefits, and Risks
Learn what a tracheostomy button is, how it maintains the stoma, supports airway access, and helps patients breathe and speak.
Intubation: Purpose, Procedure, Risks, and Management
Learn what intubation is, why it’s performed, how tube placement is confirmed, and what complications clinicians must monitor.
Endotracheal Tube: Purpose, Placement, and Complications
Learn what an endotracheal tube is, why it is used, how placement is confirmed, and what complications clinicians must monitor.
Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM): Overview and Clinical Uses
Learn how a bag-valve-mask (BVM) works, when it is used, and why proper technique is essential for safe manual ventilation.
GlideScope Intubation: Video Laryngoscopy Clinical Guide
Learn how GlideScope intubation works, including its purpose, technique, benefits, risks, troubleshooting, and role in airway management.
Lukens Trap: Purpose, Setup, and Clinical Applications
Learn how the Lukens trap works, when to use it, and how it helps collect sterile sputum samples for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Bite Block: Clinical Uses in Airway Management (2026)
Learn how a bite block protects airway devices, prevents obstruction, and improves patient safety during intubation and procedures.
Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA): Overview for Respiratory Care
Learn how the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) works, its uses, benefits, limitations, and role in airway management for respiratory care.
Nasotracheal Suctioning: Indications, Procedure, and Risks
Learn nasotracheal suctioning, including indications, steps, risks, and prevention strategies for safe and effective airway clearance.
Nasopharyngeal Airway: Clinical Overview and Indications
Learn the indications, sizing, insertion, and complications of the nasopharyngeal airway for effective airway management in clinical care.
Oropharyngeal Airway: Uses, Indications, and Risks (2026)
Learn how to use an oropharyngeal airway, including indications, sizing, insertion techniques, and risks in airway management.
Right Mainstem Intubation: Recognition and Management (2026)
Right mainstem intubation: causes, signs, diagnosis, and management to prevent hypoxemia and lung injury in ventilated patients.