5.B.8 Tracheostomy
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Course modules
Videos
- Tracheostomy Tube ChangeNicklaus Children's HospitalVideo
- Emergency Trach Tube ChangePediatric Home ServiceVideo
- Changing a Tracheostomy Tube by J. Nobrega, M. DeGrazia | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning - Clinical Nursing Skills |@LevelUpRNLevel Up RNVideo
- Routine Trach Tube ChangePediatric Home ServiceVideo
- Pediatric Emergency Tracheostomy CareNational Association of EMS Educators [NAEMSE]Video
- Routine Tracheostomy Tube ChangesChildren's MercyVideo
- How to Do an Emergency Trach Change | Cincinnati Children'sCincinnati Children'sVideo
- Tracheostomy by R. Nuss, J. Perez, J. Laird-Gion | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Pediatric Tracheostomy ManagementProvidenceSpokaneVideo
- How to Suction a Trach | Cincinnati Children'sCincinnati Children'sVideo
- Suctioning via a Paediatric Tracheostomy TubeNational Tracheostomy Safety ProjectVideo
- Troubleshooting An Emergency Tracheostomy Tube ChangeChildren's MercyVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- First Clinical Consensus and National Recommendations on Tracheostomized Children of the Brazilian Academy of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ABOPe) and Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP).Brazilian Academy of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ABOPe) / Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP), 2017Guideline or evidence
- Care of Infants and Children with Tracheostomies: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.American Thoracic Society, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Complications of tracheostomy in children: a systematic review.Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022Guideline or evidence
- Tracheostomy practices in children on mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal de Pediatria, 2022Guideline or evidence