Suctioning: Oropharyngeal SUCTION CATHETER

Nasopharyngeal
Your oropharynx is the middle part of your throat (pharynx) just beyond
your mouth. Your oropharynx includes the back part of your tongue (base of
tongue), your tonsils, your soft palate (back part of the roof of your mouth),
and the sides and walls of your throat

SUCTION DEVICE

Suctioning
Aspirating secretions through a catheter connected to a suction
machine or wall suction outlet

• Position:
Conscious- Semi-fowler’s
Unconscious - Lateral

• Upper airway suctioning:

– Oropharyngeal suctioning (oro-mouth) –
– Nasopharyngeal suctioning (naso-nose)

Purposes
OROPHARYNGEAL/ NASOPHARYNGEAL
SUCTIONING PROCEDURE
• Assess indications for suctioning:
– audible secretions during respiration
– adventitious breath sounds

• Position

• Pressure of suction equipment to prevent trauma to mucous membrane of

airways.
• Appropriate size of sterile suction catheter
• Open appropriate suction kit or catheter using sterile technique.
• Place a sterile drape over the chest of the patient.
• Open sterile basin and fill with approximately 100ml of sterile normal saline
solution or water.
• Open lubricant and squeeze small amount onto sterile catheter package

– Naso- water soluble lubricant • Rinse catheter and connecting tubing with normal saline or water
– Oro- sterile water or NSS until cleared.
• Apply gloves
– Oropharyngeal : clean gloves • Assess for need to repeat suctioning procedure.
– Nasopharyngeal: sterile gloves • Ask patient to deep breath and cough.
• Pick up suction catheter with dominant hand without touching nonsterile • If using yankuer catheter, place in a clean, dry area for reuse with
surface. Pick up connecting tubing with nondominant hand. Connect both
suction turned off.
tubes.
• Place tip of catheter into sterile basin and suction a small amount of NSS. • Disconnect catheter from connecting tubing. Turn of suction.
• Dispose catheter rolled inside the used gloves and discard in
appropriate receptacle.
• Remove towel and place in laundry or remove drape and discard.
• Reposition patient and do oral hygiene.
• Discard all used materials
• Evaluate patient (VS, Oxygen saturation, lung sounds, secretions)
• Document