Suctioning & Tracheostomy Care
- Mosby's Nursing Skills: Suctioning and Airway CareIncludes 6 videos covering the following:
Ensuring Oxygen Safety,
Setting Oxygen Flow Rates,
Applying a Nasal Cannula or Face Mask,
Maintaining an Airway,
Performing Oropharyngeal Suctioning,
Performing Nasotracheal and Nasopharyngeal Suctioning - Airway Care: Tracheostomy Care, Tube Change, and Artificial Airway Cuff Management (Video Duration 26 minutes)This video demonstrates how to maintain airway patency and prevent infection when providing care to the patient with a tracheostomy tube. Describing the function of a tracheostomy tube, it explains how to clean and change the inner cannula, shows how to care for the stoma, and illustrates how to change a tracheostomy tube and also identifies potential complications.
- Providing Tracheostomy Care (Video Duration 3 minutes)This video demonstrates how to provide tracheostomy care.
- Your Care at Home: Tracheotomy Care (Video Duration 4 minutes)This video walks through the simple steps of tracheostomy care including tips to avoid infection as well as the signs of infection.
- Nurses' Guide to Clinical ProceduresPublication Date: 2010Chapter 6, Sections 6.8 - 6.13 - Suctioning and tracheostomy care.