Understanding Tracheostomies

Understanding Tracheostomies is organized by Ausmed Education Pty Ltd.

Last updated: 30 Jul 2024
Published: 29 Jul 2024
Due for review: 30 Jul 2026

Description:
Tracheostomies offer critical airway management for patients, providing versatile respiratory support for both short-term and long-term needs. However, for both patients and clinicians, unfamiliarity with tracheostomies can be daunting. Building a strong foundational understanding is key to easing these anxieties.

This Ausmed Course equips healthcare professionals with comprehensive knowledge about tracheostomies, including a holistic understanding of their purpose, key components, indications and more, in order to provide informed, quality care to patients with tracheostomies in their care.

What you'll learn:

• Accurately describe a tracheostomy and its essential purpose in airway management.
• Articulate the differences between temporary and permanent tracheostomies.
• Confidently identify the standard location for a tracheostomy on the neck according to key anatomical landmarks.
• Recognise key indications and clinical situations that will necessitate the formation of a tracheostomy.
• Explain the importance of effective communication with tracheostomy patients using alternative methods.

Topics:

• Tracheostomy
• Community Nursing
• Intensive Care
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Critical Care
• Ostomy
• Patient Safety
• Disability
• Clinical Assessment
• ENT
• Wound Management
• Respiratory
• Head and Neck
• Aged Care
• Ventilation
• Enrolled Nurses
• Surgical