RT Book, Section A1 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 57702439 T1 Chapter 24. Percutaneous Transtracheal Jet Ventilation T2 Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-161352-1 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57702439 RD 2024/03/28 AB Percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation (PTTJV) provides emergency ventilatory support in patients who cannot be adequately ventilated with a bag-valve-mask device (with oral or nasal airways), a laryngeal mask airway (LMA), or endotracheally intubated.1,2,10 This includes patients with upper airway foreign bodies or neoplasms, maxillofacial trauma, laryngeal edema, or infection.2,3 It is also used electively with general anesthesia for surgery involving the larynx and subglottic areas.4 PTTJV involves placement of a percutaneous catheter into the trachea and ventilation via a cyclic delivery of tidal volume to the lungs.5