Tracheostomy course for Nurses
This session covers paediatric tracheostomy including when it may be required, the complications that may occur, choice of tube and the training of carers.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- State the indications for tracheostomy
- List the early and late complications of tracheostomy
- Explain the choice of tracheostomy tube
- Describe the training needs of a carer of a child with a tracheostomy
This session begins by looking at why a tracheostomy may be required and the complications that can occur. It then considers the choice of tracheostomy tube and the training of carers.
Vasileios Patelis is an ST7 Specialist Registrar in Paediatrics, currently working at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He has an interest in paediatric respiratory medicine.
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