Device to monitor and promote successful endotracheal intubation and ventilation

Abstract

An apparatus including an accelerometer and a microphone contained in a housing that can be placed on a chest of an individual, the accelerometer configured to detect chest motion and microphone to detect respiratory sounds during at least one of inspiration and expiration. A method including placing such an apparatus on a chest of a subject. A method of monitoring an intubation including simultaneously assessing chest movement and air movement sounds in the airway and lungs; and indicating the status of the intubation based on the assessing. A machine-readable medium containing non-transitory program instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method including assessing chest movement and air movement sounds in a patient; and indicating the status of the intubation based on the assessing.

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