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ret·ro·grade (rtr-grd) adj. 1. Moving or tending backward. 2. Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed. 3. Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition. 4. Astronomy a. Of or relating to the orbital revolution or axial rotation of a planetary or other celestial body that moves...

and you are taking two terms that describe two different potions of the procedure and trying to combine them into just the act of intubation. Per my OP I am refering to the removal of the King LT as the retrograde portion and the Insertion of the ETT as the intubation just as the Retrograde...

I've made my point you have made yours and I will support your right to make you own decisions, your stated intent of getting them to the truck was to initiate txp so that they couldn't refuse after being fixed on scene and that is unethical. I understand that you say you are doing it because...

I am glad you think that you know me I don't presume to know you. While the common term for removing an ETT tube is extubation and is the term I use it is in fact by definition a retrograde and I have posted here and could gladly if asked in court produce the evidence to support that: "is...

you aren't intubating in reverse are you placing the tube from the lung to the oropharynx? No you are doing a part of the procedure in the opposite of normal ie passing a guidewire from the trachea into the mouth or removing a King LT the opposite of how it was placed in order to then pass the...

Thats because they are using the term to refer to the opposite direction of blood flow not the act of inserting or removing the catheter but the process of passing it in the opposite direction of the blood flow. The word can and is used in more then one way thus the multiple definitions. When...

if they are altered there is brain damage occuring and withholding treatment in order to force them into TXP is unethical regardless of their mental status. I advocate discussing all possible outcomes including death if appropriate and explaining what they are doing to their brain and the rest...

con·trar·y (kntrr) adj. 1. Opposed, as in character or purpose: contrary opinions; acts that are contrary to our code of ethics. 2. Opposite in direction or position: Our boat took a course contrary to theirs. See Synonyms at opposite. 3. Music Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed...

extubation by definition is the reversal of intubation or the removal of an ETT in the reverse that it was placed and as such is a retrograde procedure (retrograde:reverse) And you are correct if I intubate only using the bougie it would be a standard intubation with the use of a bougie...

Do you at least understand what "retrograde intubation" is and why it is done or as it is called by the "standard" terminology? Do you not think this is a procedure or for decades doctors didn't know how to correctly name this procedure? Were all of those doctors on all the links I posted wrong...

because the king lt is removed after placing the bougie (removed:retrograde) the the ETT is intubated (entered/passed/moved forward:anterograde) with the assisstance of a bougie instead of the layngoscope. it is a conjunction of two words to refer to a procedure just as retrograde intubation in...

They are not intubated in reverse they are intubated normally through the mouth it is accomplished via a guidewire that is inserted retrograde in stead of the typical way of introduction with the facilitation of a laryngoscope. Intubation: The process of putting a tube into a hollow organ or...

the picture you posted shows the guidewire passing through the incision in the neck into the oropharynx where typically forceps are used to retrieve the wire out of the mouth at which time the tube is passed over the guide into the mouth and through the cords into the trachea then the wire is...

first you are the one that posted a picture of a retrograde guidewire intubation are implied that that was a picture of retrograde intubation. Again this is a typr of retrograde intubation not the only type. Additionally if this isnt what you meant then you need to research better and post a...

****Retrograde: to move in a direction contrary to the usual one**** This term is used to describe intubating a pt using a bougie to maintain the airway while removing the king LT (retrograde) and passing a ETT into the trachea over the bougie. I am glad you are able to make yourself feel...