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Title Comprehensive tracheostomy care : the National Tracheostomy Safety Project manual / edited by Dr. Brendan McGrath
Published Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

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Description xx, 144 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
Contents How the NTSP resources were developed -- What is a tracheostomy? What is a laryngectomy? -- Why and how a tracheostomy is performed -- Different types of tracheostomy tubes -- Management of the day-to-day needs of the patient with a tracheostomy & laryngectomy -- Complications -- Red flags -- Emergency management of the patient with a tracheostomy or laryngectomy -- Paediatric tracheostomy care (with Great Ormond Street Hospital, London) -- Infrastructure and resources for hospital inpatient areas -- Competencies for tracheostomy care and management -- Courses -- Human factors
Notes "On behalf of the Working Party of the National Tracheostomy Safety Project."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also issued online
Subject National Tracheostomy Safety Project (Great Britain)
Laryngectomy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tracheotomy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tracheotomy.
Tracheostomy.
Laryngectomy.
Patient Safety.
Genre/Form Practice Guideline.
Handbooks and manuals.
Author McGrath, B. A. (Brendan Anthony), 1974- editor
National Tracheostomy Safety Project (Great Britain)
LC no. 2013041262
ISBN 9781118792773 (hardback)
(ePub)