| 摘要 |
Apparatus and methods provide for a tracheotomy to be performed on a patient. The apparatus includes an applicator base with an aperture placed over the trachea. A firing mechanism is triggered by application of manual force to an actuator to propel a cutting instrument and grommet through the aperture of the applicator base to insert the grommet into the trachea. A supply of breathable gas such as ambient air, air from a bag mask, or oxygen from a supply line may be provided through an air passage of the grommet and into the trachea and lungs of the patient. The methods provide for placing an applicator base of a tracheotomy device onto the neck of the patient so that a curvature of the applicator base fits to the curvature of the trachea and so that an aperture is over the trachea, tilting the head of the patient back to distend the trachea and further expose the curvature, and applying manual force to an actuator of the device to trigger a firing mechanism to propel a cutting instrument and grommet through the aperture to thereby insert the grommet within the trachea.
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