Sometimes patients rip out their own tube after coming out of anesthesia early and that is REALLY painful for them! It's very natural to want to pull the tube

Sometimes patients rip out their own tube after coming out of anesthesia early and that is REALLY painful for them! It's very natural to want to pull the tube out early because as they're coming to the first thing they subconsciously think is that the tube is suffocating them and something's in their throat and they need to get it out. It is one of the things ICU nurses constantly monitor for but still manages to happen.