A survey of physiotherapy suctioning practices of adult patients in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand

Endotracheal suction in intensive care: A point prevalence study of current practice in New Zealand and Australia

“…28 However, nursing pre-oxygenation practice is consistent with described physiotherapist practice in ANZ. 17 Although hyperoxygenation is recommended in the CPG 6 , much of the evidence is based upon literature prior to the availability of closed or quasi-closed ETS apparatus. 23 There remains a knowledge gap regarding the optimum FiO2 delivery for pre-oxygenation [29][30][31][32] and which patients may likely benefit.…”

“…[13][14][15] Less than 10% of nurses use the recommended suction catheter size with suction canister pressure monitored 55% of the time 13 and differing practice about the use of 0.9% sodium chloride prior to ETS, 13,14 although this is no longer a recommendation. 6 Recent work investigated ETS practice of Australian paediatric nurses, 16 and physiotherapists 17 while an earlier paper investigated nurses' adherence to best practice in one Australian ICU. 18 There is no published literature describing current nursing ETS practice ETS_Practice_ANZ_2017 3 in the adult ICU population across New Zealand and Australia (ANZ).…”