Practicals · Emergency Medicine · Airway
Tracheostomy insertion, replacement and troubleshooting
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- 5 (NMC, troubleshooting)
- Also called
- tracheostomy tube change
Videos and resources
- VideoChanging a Tracheostomy Tube5:09
- VideoTracheostomy Tube Change | Medscape2:33
- +66 more links
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Operative note template
How to write the operative note in the case sheet: blank template, worked example and printable PDF (free).
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Troubleshooting tracheostomy tube problems (5)” ( NMC curriculum, page 14)
“Insertion and replacement of tracheostomy tube” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 32)