Tracheostomy:"Creation of an opening in the windpipe (trachea) that will function as an airway either temporarily or permanently. The opening bypasses obstructions that prevent air from being inhaled."
http://www.thriveonline.com/health/Library/surgery/surgery75.html

Tracheostomy:"General anesthesia is used. The neck is cleaned and draped. Incisions are made to expose the tough cartilage rings that make up the outer wall of the trachea. The surgeon then cuts two of these rings and inserts a tracheostomy tube."
http://www.healthanswers.com/adam/top/view.asp?filename=002955.htm&rdir

A Bibliography on Pediatric Tracheostomy:"The authors began this project as a reference list to aid in the development of standards for the care of children with tracheostomies. Much of the published information is descriptive rather than data from controlled trials. However, the information available is substantial in amount. Syntheses of these data may be helpful to health care professionals.
http://www2.medsch.wisc.edu/childrenshosp/trach/trach.html

Various One-Way Speaking Valves:
http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/vent/speakingvalves.htm

Vent Users' Support Page:
http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/vent/index.html

CPR for a Child with Tracheostomy: Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati):
http://www.chmcc.org/pep/pep4061.htm

Pediatric Tracheotomy: UTMB Dept. of Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:
http://www.utmb.edu/oto/Grnds.dir/peditrac.htm

Suctioning A Tracheostomy: Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati)
http://www.chmcc.org/pep/pep2076.htm

Radiology Cases in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Radiographs and Diagrams. Sweeping the Airway for a Foreign Object:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v2c16.html

Your Child has a Tracheostomy: Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati):
http://www.chmcc.org/pep/pep2077.htm

Procedures:

Skin Care And Tie Change For A Tracheostomy:
http://www.chmcc.org/pep/pep2078.htm

Procedure For Suctioning A Patient With An Endotracheal Or Tracheostomy Tube Using A Multi-Use Suction Catheter In CCTC:"All patients in CCTC will be suctioned via multiuse catheters, unless specific indications exist for the single use catheters (e.g., copious secretions requiring aggressive physio- suctioning)."
http://critcare.lhsc.on.ca/icu/cctc/procprot/nursing/procedures/suctmult.htm

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