Caring for patients with a tracheostomy.
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 essential skill. This article, the first of a four-part series on all aspects of tracheostomy management, discusses the principles of tracheostomy care.
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D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D000068998:Humidifiers; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D013396:Suction; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000451:nursing*