Prior to the initiative, in 2018, the incidence of healthcare-associated pressure injuries (HAPIs) was 1.39% for all ICU patients, with tracheostomy MDRPIs accounting for 0.19% of the incidents ...

Doctors use an obturator during a tracheostomy to ensure the trach tube is correctly inserted and positioned in the airway. It also helps protect nearby tissues, like vocal cords, by supporting ...

Around the outside of a tracheostomy tube is a small inflatable ring called a cuff. When this is inflated, it seals off your trachea so that the only pathway to and from your lungs is through the ...

Reducing Tracheostomy Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury: A Quality Improvement Project details how NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester, in Bronxville, achieved the results in its 18-bed adult ...

Other equipment required at the bedside includes lubricating gel to aid insertion, cuff-pressure manometer, spare tracheostomy dressings and collars, Tilley forceps and a pen torch (McGrath et al, ...

Tracheostomy for positive-pressure respiration. Recently, a heterogeneous group of patients who require, ... Flexible, cuffed, anesthesia type of endotracheal tube (47 cases).

Although a tracheostomy is considered a safe procedure, some risks are associated with the 30-minute surgery, particularly during and immediately afterward. Foremost among them are excessive ...