Tracheotomy (/ˌtreɪkiˈɒtəmi/, UK also /ˌtræki-/), or tracheostomy, is a surgical airway management procedure which consists of making an incision (cut)...
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Tracheal intubation (section Tracheotomy)
cricothyrotomy (used almost exclusively in emergency circumstances) and the tracheotomy, used primarily in situations where a prolonged need for airway support...
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of tracheal intubation are impossible or impractical. Compared with tracheotomy, cricothyrotomy is quicker and easier to perform, does not require manipulation...
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History of tracheal intubation (section Tracheotomy)
placement of a flexible plastic catheter into the trachea. For millennia, tracheotomy was considered the most reliable (and most risky) method of tracheal...
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Cannula (section Tracheotomy tube)
measure airflow into and out of the nose and/or mouth. The removal of a tracheotomy tube is referred to as decannulation. A cannula is used in an emergency...
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the tracheotomy procedure is similar to that used today. Julius Casserius published his own writings regarding technique and equipment for tracheotomy. Casserius...
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Surgical airway management (section Tracheotomy)
transtracheal ventilation (PTV). A tracheotomy is a surgically created opening from the skin of the neck down to the trachea. A tracheotomy may be considered where...
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Advanced airway management (section Tracheotomy)
a tracheotomy are difficulty speaking or swallowing due to nerve damage, prolonged bleeding at the incision site, and pneumothorax. A tracheotomy is...
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entered his upper back and exited below his neck, albeit obscured by a tracheotomy. The other bullet struck Kennedy in the back of his head and exited the...
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pints, but Washington's condition deteriorated further. Dick proposed a tracheotomy, but the other physicians were not familiar with that procedure and disapproved...
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