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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
intubate .
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Examples
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He still can't talk because he's "intubated," according to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, but he's been writing notes calling the officers who pulled him from the apartment "heroes."
Gothamist Ben Muessig 2010
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If the infant is intubated, teach parent (s) transfer techniques and demonstrate the technique using a doll.
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He is intubated and on a ventilator, having gotten progressively worse since the night I was first on call.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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She was immediately transferred to the ICU, where she was intubated and on a ventilator for a week before her parents decided to withdraw care.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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I meant intubated as in the medical term for to tracheal intubation or having a wacky tube shoved down your throat to help you breathe, it was an earlier part of the character concept that I got rid of after it occurred to me how implausible it would be for someone in that condition to be taking blows and moving around that much without simply destroying his throat and dying.
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If the infant is intubated, assess the type of transfer technique that should be performed — parent transfer or nurse transfer (read our intubated infant guidelines for more information).
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He was intubated and transferred to intensive care.
Loads 2010
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Before transferring an intubated infant, assess vital signs, pain score, breath sounds and ventilator tubing for excess water.
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Dr. Gail Anderson Jr. says the girl woke up Wednesday at Harbor UCLA Medical Center but is still intubated so it is not yet known if she can speak and she remains in critical condition.
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If the infant is intubated, monitor vital signs including temperature and pain score at 15 mintues post transfer and then every hour while infant is being held skin-to-skin.
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