title: Emergency ventilation of the tracheostomy patient, part II: a story of tracheotomy history and emergency airway management--advocating education for emergency resuscitation.
abstract: Over a period of 5000 years, dramatic changes have occurred in airway management, tracheotomy procedure terminology, indications, techniques, instruments, settings where procedures are performed, tube design and patient outcomes. Specialized knowledge and skills necessary to safely care for tracheostomy patients and to provide effective respiratory resuscitation are reviewed. The purpose of this paper is to document the history of the tracheotomy as a backdrop for understanding patient management. Recommendations for staff education regarding emergency ventilation of the tracheostomy patient are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Organizational Development, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
authors.forename: Deidra Lynn
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000266:history; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000266:history; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D018579:Patient Selection; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000266:history*; D017592:Skin Care / Q000266:history; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000266:history*; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000266:history*