Module 4: Tracheostomy Care and Tube Changes
Learning Objectives
- Describe stoma site care and tie changes
- Assess the stoma of a child with a tracheostomy
- Describe and recognize common stoma skin conditions and their treatments
- Describe a routine tracheostomy tube change on a child
- Review hand hygiene
- Describe the process of cleaning a tracheostomy tube
AUTHORS
Cynthia C Griffith, RN, BSN
Children's Wisconsin
Jennifer Henningfeld, MD
Director - Pediatric Tracheostomy and Home Ventilator Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin
Cecilia Lang, MSN, CCRN, PPCNP-BC
Children's Wisconsin
REVIEWERS
Holly Jacobson, RT
Children's Wisconsin
Anastasia O'Kane, RN, BSN, CPN
American Family Children's Hospital
Kim Whitmore, PhD, RN, CPN
Marquette University
Discloser List CME Internal Report