Pediatric Tracheostomy
Technique/Surgery
- Tracheostomy in Infants and Children
http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/62/6/799/tab-pdf
- “Tracheostomy Primer” OPENPediatrics (YouTube video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qq-y0t4qj4&t=166s
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How To Do an Infant Tracheostomy:
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How To Do Pediatric Trach With Maturation Sutures
- Peer Reviewed Video of Pediatric Tracheostomy https://www.csurgeries.com/video/pediatric-tracheostomy/
Family information
- American thoracic society – Use of a Tracheostomy with a Child https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/tracheostomy-in-child.pdf
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Sick Kids resources (available in English and French) Tracheotomy and tracheostomy tube: How they help your child https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=3264&language=English
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Tracheostomy: How to change your child’s tracheostomy tube
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Cleaning Common tracheostomy equipment
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Tracheostomy: How to Prepare for safe travel
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Tracheostomy: How to Prepare for Your Child’s Stoma
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Tracheostomy: What To Do in an Emergency
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Tracheostomy: How To Suction Your Child’s Tracheostomy Tube– Global Trach Collaborative ( https://www.globaltrach.org/)
- Family-Reflections.com – helps families make informed decisions for their child and for their families by hearing the experiences of others who chose for and against trachs and vents. (Created with funding by the National Palliative Care Research Center)
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How To Do a Trach Change:
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Podcast Pediatric Tracheostomy
- Texas Children’s Hospital Resource Page
- Caregiver handbook in English
- Caregiver Handbook in Spanish
- Video- CPR > 1yo
- Stoma Care
- Suctioning
- Trach Care
Apps:
- Passe Muir Trach Tools TRACHTOOLS on the App Store (apple.com)
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National Tracheostomy Safety Project (UK). NTSP on the App Store (apple.com)NTSP is provided free of charge by the National Tracheostomy Safety Project (UK). The App provides the most up to date guidance for dealing with tracheostomy or laryngectomy emergencies. The information is applicable to medical, nursing and allied health care providers and relevant to hospital or community settings.
Education
- HP EADRImproving Tracheostomy Care in Resource-Limited Settings https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003489419882972
- Tracheostomy in Infants and Children http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/62/6/799/tab-pdf
- Standardization of pediatric tracheostomy care with “Go -bags” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165587619301430?via%3Dihub
- Tracheostomy Troubleshooting” OPENPediatrics (YouTube video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMC37koWV3w&t=327s
- Tracheostomy: What It Is and When It Is Needed https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/health-wellness-and-safety-resources/helping-hands/tracheostomy-what-it-is-and-when-it-is-needed
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Decannulation Following Tracheostomy in Children: A Systematic Review of Decannulation Protocols https://sentac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Decannulation-following-tracheostomy-in-children-A-systematic-review-of-decannulation-protocols.pdf
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International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) management recommendations: Pediatric Tracheostomy Decannulation https://sentac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/International-Pediatric-Otolaryngology-Group-IPOG-management-recommendations-Pediatric-tracheostomy-decannulation.pdf
- Preoperative Augmentative and Alternative Commumication Enhancement in Pedaitric Tracheostomy https://sentac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Preoperative-augmentative-and-alternative-communication-enhancement-in-pediatric-tracheostomy.pdf
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Tracheostomy care: Clinical Practice Patterns of Pediatric Otolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons in a Publicly Funded (Canadian) Health Care System https://sentac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tracheostomy-care-Clinical-practice-patterns-of-pediatric-otolaryngologists-head-and-neck-surgeons-in-a-publicly-funded-Canadia.pdf
- Two-year mortality, complicatgions, and healthcare use in children with Medicaid following tracheostomy https://sentac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Two-year-mortality-complications-and-healthcare-use-in-children-with-medicaid-following-tracheostomy.pdf
Research
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Pre tracheostomy multidisciplinary meeting (this could also go under communication)
- Decannulation protocol for short term tracheostomy in pediatric head and neck tumor patients. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34990925/
Communication
Guidelines/Practice Parameters
- AAO – Clinical Consensus Statement: Tracheostomy Care
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0194599812460376
- Care of the Child with a Chronic Tracheostomy – This Official Statement of the American Thoracic Society Was Adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999
- International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) survey: Efforts to avoid complications in home tracheostomy care PDF