One of the indications for creating a tracheostomy is to provide access to the airway to clear respiratory secretions. However, when a tracheostomy tube is inserted, the patient’s ability to remove ...

(HealthDay)—A protocol based on suctioning frequency plus continuous high-flow oxygen therapy results in a shorter time to decannulation among conscious, critically ill patients with a tracheostomy ...

The tube, called a "trach" (trayk) for short, has three parts. The "Obturator" that is used to pass the trach into the windpipe. An "Outer cannula" (tube). This Outer cannula has a plastic "trach ...

Patients with a tracheostomy are discharged from hospital increasingly early and require suction to maintain the patency of their airways. Suction machines are therefore an increasingly common piece ...