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Pediatric Tracheostomy Home Care Guide

Author(s): Cynthia M. Bissell, RN, Twin Enterprises, Inc.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763753863
  • Spiral/paperback    126 pages      © 2008
Price: International Sales $43.95 US List
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Overview

Pediatric Tracheostomy Home Care Guide is a step-by-step, illustrated guide for those who care for children with tracheostomies. The author is a nurse and parent with personal experience with the impact of tracheostomy care on parent-child interaction and the quality of life among technology-dependent children. This pocket guide is an excellent reference for any health professional interested in learning about tracheostomies.

 

Essential Topics Include:

  • What is a Tracheostomy?
  • Types of Tracheostomy Tubes
  • Reasons for Tracheostomies
  • Eating with Tracheostomies
  • Home Equipment
  • Parenting Challenges

See also Pediatric Care of the Surgical Patient and accompanying Pocket Guide to Pediatric Surgical Nursing.

Visit Cynthia Bissell's website http://www.tracheostomy.com/ where she shares her experiences of her son's tracheotomy and airway-expansion surgery.

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Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Basic Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 2: What is Tracheostomy?

Chapter 3: Tracheostomy History

Chapter 4: Types of Tracheostomy Tubes

Chapter 5: Reasons for a Tracheostomy

Chapter 6: Precautions with a Tracheostomy

Chapter 7: Tracheostomy Complications

Chapter 8: Eating with a Tracheostomy

Chapter 9: Speech with a Tracheostomy

Chapter 10: Tracheostomy Care

Chapter 11: Suctioning a Tracheostomy

Chapter 12: Changing a Tracheostomy Tube

Chapter 13: Tracheostomy Humidification

Chapter 14: Decannulation

Chapter 15: Home Equipment

Chapter 16: Parenting Challenges

Chapter 17: Tracheostomy Products

Glossary

 


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Cynthia M. Bissell, RN-Twin Enterprises, Inc.

Cynthia Bissell has been a registered nurse for over 20 years. She has extensive experience both as a nurse and as a parent of a child with a tracheostomy.   She has received several awards and citations for her work on behalf of individuals with special needs and has published articles in JAMA Archived of Otolaryngology, as well as Exceptional Parent Magazine.   Cynthia has also spent a great deal of time developing internet resources for people with disabilities, including www.tracheostomy.com which is the internet's leading tracheostomy resource.

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