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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 your artboard start from scratch[clears the canvas] Tracheotomy Pre Patient Care First the doctor has to agree the patient is qualified for the surgery. Check range of neck motions, and discuss the procedures and alternatives. After telling all risk the doctors then must have all the equipment available and functioning to perform the surgery. Problems breathingReactions to meds includeHeart attack & strokeSURGERY RISKBleeding ,Infectionnerve injury & scarringOTHER RISKdamage to thyroid glanderosion of trachea Lung collasp The procedure Procedures and Causes Cassandra Valdez The tract between the skin & tracheal lumen takes10- 14 days to mature Tube is changed between days 10-12 L 4 Equipment needed General anesthesia is used for this procedureThe neck is cleaned and drapedsurgical cuts are made to show the tough cartilage ringsthat form the trachea outer wallThe surgeon will then create an opening in the tracheaand place a tracheostomy tube Life After the Surgery Cook blue Rhino single dilator kitVideobronchoscopyAnesthesiologist presentIntubation rollCricoid hookopen tracheostomyset temporary tracheostomy - just a scar If permanent the hole remains open1-3 days to adapt to breathing.takes time to learn t communicate. At first impossible to talkPatients or family ;earns to take care of the tube during hospital staynormal lifestyle and you can wear scarves or coverings to cover the hole for protection Risk *Large object blocking airway*Inherited abnormality in larynx or trachea*Paralysis of swallowing muscles*cancer of neck*Tumors*Laryngectomy*Infection*vocal cord paralysis*Chest wall injury*Diaphrgahm disfunction*Fracture of cervical vertebrae with spinal cord injury *Large object blocking airway*Inherited abnormality in larynx or trachea*Paralysis of swallowing muscles*cancer of neck*Tumors*Laryngectomy*Infection*vocal cord paralysis*Chest wall injury*Diaphrgahm disfunction*Fracture of cervical vertebrae with spinal cord injury double click to change this header text! Post Care
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