title: Practitioner led extubation in recovery: a report into viability in the post anaesthetic care unit.
abstract: Patients entering recovery often have a requirement for their airway to be managed. This can be performed in a variety of ways: either by having an airway adjunct placed in-situ, or by airway manoeuvres performed by recovery practitioners (Scott 2012). One of the adjuncts that patients may have is the endotracheal tube [ETT]. Traditionally patients have been extubated before leaving the operating theatre, with trained anaesthetic assistants helping the anaesthetist to remove the airway in a safe and controlled environment. Alternatively the anaesthetist extubates in recovery with experienced recovery practitioners.
authors.affiliation: Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Queens Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent DE13 ORB. p.a.harvey@sky.com
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D006757:Hospital Units; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom