If the cuff no longer works on your ET tube - cut if off! I know that sounds drastic but it will stop other staff members from trying to inflate it!
I find often that the stoppers on the cuff come undone, so after you have inflated it - use the cover of a needle to place over and that ensure it stays done!
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'If the cuff no longer works on your ET tube - cut if off! I know that sounds drastic but it will stop other staff members from trying to inflate it'
I think she means by this that pulling the cuff line off will stop other staff from reusing it in the assumptions it is a functioning ET tube. Yes, throw it away but some practices may have a system by which items to be re-ordered are put by for specific staff members as a reminder to order. Also cutting off the line will show that its broken and people won't pull it out the bin thinking its ended up in there by mistake.