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Endotracheal tube

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A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then down into the trachea (the airway).

The doctor inserts the tube under direct vision with the help of a laryngoscope.

The procedure is called endotracheal intubation.

The purpose is to ventilate the lungs.

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