PTV - Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation.
- Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation is a technique which was introduced in the 1950s. By the early 1970s.
- It is a easy and quick procedure to provide oxegenation and ventilation.
- It is a temporary method.
- Percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation (PTV) is a temporary method which is used to deliver oxygen to the lungs.
- It is a procedure to insert a needle into the trachea and pump in high-pressure air to breathe for the patient.
- It avoids some problems of naso-tracheal intubation and is less invasive than a tracheostomy.