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Intubation

intubation

noun in-too-ba-TSEE-ohn Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: from Latin in- + tubus (tube)

Also means

endotracheal intubation

Usage Note

Intubation is the insertion of a tube into the trachea (Luftröhre) to maintain an open airway, typically performed before general anaesthesia or in emergency situations. The procedure is performed by anaesthetists (Anästhesisten) using a laryngoscope. Extubation is the removal of the tube.

Examples

"Im Operationssaal wurde der Patient vor der Narkose intubiert."

Natural Translation

In the operating theatre the patient was intubated before the anaesthesia.

Literal Translation

In the operating theatre was the patient before the anaesthesia intubated.

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