Description
By the end of the course, candidates will be able to:
- Discuss legal and professional responsibilities associated with performing tracheostomy care within local and national guidance
- Follow procedures for gaining consent and correct documentation
- Describe anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
- Understand the need to manage health and safety risk
- Identify and discuss the range of tracheostomy tubes, relevant accessory equipment and contents of the emergency kit
- Identify and discuss aspects of daily care and patient considerations
- Demonstrate practical ability in performing inner cannula and dressing changes including correct procedures for minimising infection
- Demonstrate correct procedure for tube changes (nurses only)
- Demonstrate correct procedure for performing suction
- Identify potential problems and emergency situations, describing how to prevent them and what necessary interventions are required should they occur
Course Content
- Legal and professional considerations and responsibilities
- Consent for care and treatment
- Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
- What is a tracheostomy?
- History
- Advantages
- Statistics
- Indications
- Tracheostomy procedures – Percutaneous and Surgical
- Tracheostomy tube familiarisation
- Daily considerations
- Potential complications
- Daily care – overview
- Infection prevention and control
- Dressing and tape change
- Inner cannula care
- Tube changes
- Cuff pressure checks
- Suctioning
- Humidification
- Oral care
- Observations and assessments
- Documentation
- Swallowing
- Communication
- Altered body image
- Everyday life
- Emergency equipment and procedures
- Accidental decannulation
- Weaning
- Decannulation
- Principles of Nursing Practice
