title: [Care for children with tracheostomy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Modern technology has improved the quality of life for children with tracheostomy and home ventilators.
  
  
  METHODS
  A "home ventilator team" at St. Olav University Hospital was responsible for 18 children with tracheostomy over a period of 2.5 years. The team serves as a link between different health care providers. A new educational programme for health care providers and parents is described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with tracheostomy constitute a small, but professionally challenging group with a variety of health-related problems. In Norway it is not quite clear who is responsible for the care of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinikk for anestesi og akuttmedisin, St. Olavs Hospital, 7006 Trondheim. randi.salvesen@stolav.no
authors.forename: Randi Solheim
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Salvesen
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mostad
authors.forename: Petter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aadahl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009664:Norway; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011788:Quality of Life; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000193:education / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology