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Fri Apr 2 04:25:32 BST 2010

Well, as I said, I have no idea what they cost, and it really doesn't matter to me as they are disposable in my service so I just toss them in the biohazard bag after use. To my knowledge they were brought about in EMS in 2003 when SARS hit the Toronto Canada area very hard as people may be aware of.  The in-line suction units allowed for medics to not have to remove the BVM which also has a filter attached to it (courtesy of SARS) and still suction their patients. This allowed the circuit to not be broken and therefore there was not an open tube going into a patient's lungs when nobody really knew what SARS was all about. 

--- On Thu, 4/1/10, Charles Brault <c_brault at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Charles Brault <c_brault at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Can you find some professional anomalies ?
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From: Marty Munro <marty_munro at yahoo.ca>
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Subject: Re: Can you find some professional anomalies ?

Just to touch on what was said about in-line suction, my service has used them for at least the past 5 years in the pre-hospital setting. I'm not sure about the cost as I do not do the purchasing, however I don't imagine they are all that pricey.  They fit right on top of the ETT, then you would follow by your ETCO2 on top of it, followed the a tube extender or straight to the BVM, depending on how you want to set it up. Works very well and always there within the ETT circuit in case suctioning is required. 

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They are (very) expensive
And are kind of superfluous on a 911 system

... but absolutely a god send on ICU transfers (close quarters very little sanitary facilities and extended period in close quarters)

Ni in line suction in the picture either or used by this EMS system

Charles
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