Comprehensive Tracheostomy Care. The National Tracheostomy Safety Project Manual

Contents

NTSP Editorial board
Preface
Acknowledgements
Competing interests
Disclaimer
Contact details and further information
Executive summary and Key recomendations

1 How the NTSP resources were developed, 1
2 What is a tracheostomy? What is a laryngectomy?, 3
3 Why and how a tracheostomy is performed, 7
4 Different types of tracheostomy tubes, 20
5 Management of the day-to-day needs of the patient with a tracheostomy and laryngectomy, 28
6 Complications, 67
7 Redflags, 72
8 Emergency management of the patient with a tracheostomy or laryngectomy, 74
9 Paediatric tracheostomy care (with Great Ormond Street Hospital, London), 85
10 Infrastructure considerations, 111
11 Competencies for staff caring for patients with tracheostomies or laryngectomies, 117
12 Courses, 122
13 Human factors, 124

Bibliography, 131