verb
- to remove a tube, especially a breathing tube, from a patient
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor decided to extubate the patient after her breathing improved.
- Nurses carefully monitored the patient before they could safely extubate him.
- The anesthesiologist will extubate you once you wake up from surgery.
- It took three days before the medical team felt comfortable enough to extubate the patient.
- The respiratory therapist assisted the physician in the decision to extubate.
- After the successful surgery, they were able to extubate the patient within hours.