|Articles|October 31, 2014
Practice tip: An alternate use for 1ml syringes
Author(s)Melissa Pilarczyk, RVT
This practice uses the syringes to hold endotracheal tubes instead of gauze.
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We make endotracheal tube ties from old IV lines and the bottom end of 1 ml syringes. No more untying slimy, soggy gauze! I use the bottom end of a 1 ml syringe for the piece that tightens around the tube, and the one section up on the syringe for the piece that tightens around the patient.
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Melissa Pilarczyk, RVT
Lafayette, Indiana
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