Communication options for intubated patients.
The number of communication options available to intubated patients is rapidly increasing. Selection of an appropriate augmentative communication approach depends on the decision-making practices of a team of experts. A series of oral and nonoral augmentative communication options is reviewed here, with particular emphasis on patients who are candidates for each approach.
D003142:Communication; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003657:Decision Making; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000523:psychology*; D007831:Larynx, Artificial / Q000523:psychology*; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000523:psychology*