Is a Tracheostomy Going to Work?

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Is a Tracheostomy Going to Work?

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Hello and welcome to another Intensive Care at Home and intensivecarehotline.com livestream.

Welcome to the show and I also want to welcome everyone that’s watching this stream on replay. As always, you are welcome to type in your questions into the chat pad. I will go through today’s topic and then I will also answer questions that came in during the week. So, let’s get started with today.

Before we get started with today’s topic, just a couple of housekeeping issues. In case you are wondering what makes me qualified to talk about today’s topic, which is, “Is a tracheostomy going to work?” It’s a question we get quite frequently from our readers and clients.

Before I go into today’s topic and break it down, what makes me qualified to talk about today’s topic? I’m a critical care registered nurse and I have been working in critical care intensive care for over 20 years in three different countries. I have been working as a nurse unit manager for over five years in intensive care. I’m the founder and managing director of Intensive Care at Home. With Intensive Care at Home, we provide a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care for predominantly long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies. We also provided a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care for adults and children on BIPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), or non-invasive ventilation. We also provide Home TPN (total parenteral nutrition), home IV infusions including electrolyte management such as potassium infusions at home, also IV antibiotics at home. We also do NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) nursing assessments, or we provide nursing assessments in general. That’s what we do in a nutshell with Intensive Care at Home.

I’m also the founder and managing director of intensivecarehotline.com. Intensive Care Hotline is a consulting advocacy service for families in intensive care. We have been consulting and advocating for families in intensive care all around the world, for the last 10 years. You can find more information at intensivecareathome.com and intensivecarehotline.com.

With Intensive Care at Home, we are also now providing NDIS specialist support coordination. We are currently operating all around Australia with Intensive Care at Home. We are NDIS accredited. We are a TAC (Transport Accident Commission) provider, iCare in New South Wales provider, NIISQ (National Injury Insurance Scheme, Queensland) provider, DVA (Department of Veteran Affairs) provider all around Australia. We also have received funding through some public hospitals and departments of health. So, either way, if you have a loved one in intensive care and you want to go home for the conditions that I mentioned, please contact us and we can help you.

Now, without further ado, let’s talk about today’s topic, “Is a tracheostomy going to work?” It’s a question we get quite frequently, but the answer is that it really depends. It depends on the goals of care. So, let’s run through a few scenarios when a tracheostomy is working or what should be the goal.

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