Introducing a tube into the trachea to provide an open airway is
called endotracheal intubation.
Review Date: 07/19/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc..
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
