Sentences with phrase «tracheotomy tubes»

• Assembling and using equipment including tracheotomy tubes and catheters.

Many have impaired vision or hearing, are tube - fed, have tracheotomy tubes, or have seizures or complicated behaviors that interfere with learning.

ALTS affects an estimated one to eight percent of patients who have an endotracheal or tracheotomy tube placed.

She placed a finger over the tracheotomy tube that had been inserted into her neck a few months before and struggled to form words, «It's...» She began to fiddle with the trach tube moving it around.

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Today, Zeda is fed through a gastric tube, breathes through a tracheotomy, and lives in a vegetative state in the living room of her mother's home.

So I very much feel that my role, if I am asked by a child which I very often am, or an adult, what is this (with regard to the feeding tube) or perhaps his tracheotomy that he had for 3 years, his hearing aid or his glasses.

If so, are all staff trained on the types of care your child needs — ventilator care, catheter or tracheotomy care, g - tube or PICC line care, etc — or are only a few staff members certified to do these tasks?

Endotracheal intubation, in which a tube is inserted through the voice box (larynx) into the windpipe, and tracheotomy, in which surgery is undertaken to create a hole through the neck and into the windpipe (trachea) to facilitate breathing, are widely used in the hospital setting for elective surgery and in cases of serious illness or critical injury.

We offer a full spectrum of therapies and procedures, including airway reconstruction, laser surgery to remove tumors, tracheotomy, ear tube insertion, sinus surgery, cochlear implants and bone conduction implants.

A teen girl is shown in a hospital bed in a coma and we see her in different stages with a breathing tube and a tracheotomy (and later with a scar on her neck).

Provided oropharygeal / nasotracheal suctioning, management of endotracheal and tracheotomy airway including suctioning and assuring proper ventilator function and chest tube management.

Patient Care Technician — Ogden Hospital, Ogden, Utah — 2007 to 2011 • Performed tracheotomy care, such as cleaning the stoma, changing tubing, suctioning, and ensuring proper settings and function of the ventilator • Placed catheters on both men and women as needed • Ensured proper nutrition and hydration by double checking meals with orders from the physician and delivering water regularly • Checked vitals on all patients every two to four hours as required • Maintained detailed and adequate electronic and written medical records

Proficient with ventilators, tracheotomies, wound management, hemovacs, chest tubes, NG / PEG tube feedings, colostomy care, peritoneal dialysis and Jackson - Pratt drains.

• Provide hands - on patient care for wound vac, tracheotomy, and G - tubes.

Duties include but are not limited to: assessing the health and medical needs of children, performing all medical procedures and treatments (such as G - tube and NG - tube feeding, tracheotomy care, dressing changes, PPD, PROM, application and removal of splints, etc..