title: A literature review and guidance for nurse-led patient extubation in the recovery room/post anaesthetic care unit: endotracheal tubes.
abstract: A review of current literature highlighted the lack of national or local guidelines for post anaesthetic care unit (PACU) practitioners/recovery room nurses to extubate their own patients. This article documents the findings of a systematic literature review and gives simple diagrammatic representations from a comprehensive flow chart that has been developed to assist nurses in the extubation process. A knowledge and skills competency validated training package was developed locally with the anaesthetic department to train practitioners to undertake endotracheal extubation safely.
authors: Castle Hill Hospital, East Yorkshire. sarahdawkinshealthconsultancy@gmail.com
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Dawkins
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom