About half of deaths in patients with a tracheostomy occur as a result of displacement or dislodgement of the tube. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed clinical articles, exclusive ...

London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - February 21, 2024) - Caring for Care Limited, a leading provider of accredited healthcare training programmes, is pleased to announce its upcoming Clinical ...

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death in 2014 concluded that tracheostomy care fell below what is safe and reasonable to expect, and that staff needed training in this ...

Recommendations have been developed for management of pediatric patients with tracheostomies and published in a clinical practice guideline from the American Thoracic Society published online Oct. 22 ...

The tube, called a "trach" (trayk) for short, has three parts. The "Obturator" that is used to pass the trach into the windpipe. An "Outer cannula" (tube). This Outer cannula has a plastic "trach ...

Gaps in training may put patients with tracheostomies in life-threatening situations, the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is warned. The tubes are fitted to allow patients to breathe and ...