In Practice, care professionals use suction machines as an integral part of a treatment plan when a patient’s airway is partially or completely obstructed. Some common uses include:

• Removing respiratory secretions when the patient is unable to
• Assisting a patient that is vomiting while seizing or unconscious
• Clearing blood from the airway
• Removing a foreign substance from a patient’s windpipe and/or lungs (pulmonary aspiration)