This customizable document, Cuff Pressure Measurements, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Cardiopulmonary Services Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	POLICY: Cuff pressures are monitored every shift on all endotracheal and tracheostomy tubes to: Prevent tracheal wall complications Ensure a proper seal to prevent aspiration and provide adequate ventilation EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES: Stopcock Syringe, 5 mL Respiratory pressure manometer PROCEDURE: Suction the patient both endotracheally and oropharyngeally. Attach the stopcock/syringe to the valve on the balloon with the stopcock in the off to patient position. Fill the manometer to the previously documented cuff pressure by injecting air via syringe into the manometer. Open the stopcock...
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	...the cuff and manometer. Add or remove air via syringe to adjust pressure. Ideal cuff pressure is 20 mmHg or less. If higher pressures are required to maintain a seal, the physician is to be notified immediately. A proper seal is indicated when: In a mechanically-ventilated patient, the delivered tidal volume is returned In a non-ventilated patient, the patient is not able to talk when the cuff is inflated SUBJECT: CUFF PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS REFERENCE #2118 PAGE: 1 DEPARTMENT: ...