Where does your tubing become detached? That has never happend to me in 7.5
years. If it's at the trach/swivel adaptor, you can use rubber bands to
hold it to the trach, that's what I do. If it's somewhere else on the
circut, you could try taping the connectings with medical tape or duct
tape, though duct tape leaves a residue.
At 07:37 PM 10/4/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Heres a scenario for you all. I live with my parents and have nurses during
>the day and my mother sleeps on a couch at night near my room. An intercom is
>used but my mother has a slight hearing problem. Last night my tubing
>detached itself and I found myself in respiratory distress and my mother did
>not hear the vent alarms for a long time. Suffice it to say I thought I was
>going to die. Is there anyone in a similar situation? Is there anyone who has
>experienced a similar episode? What is a good way to prevent these
>experiences? I've had 3 since being on a vent? 11 years this Christmas.
>
>Jim Heida Jr.
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