A baby is connected to the ventilator (or breathing machine) by an endotracheal tube (a plastic tube placed into the windpipe through the mouth or nose). Babies who’ve been in the NICU for a long stay — months at a time — may have a tracheostomy (a plastic tube put into the windpipe) that’s connected to the ventilator on the other end.
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