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Mar 2023
42m 58s

#121 Trach Care: 5 Pearls Segment

CORE IM TEAM
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What is your approach to trach complications? What do all the words in the one liner of a trach patient mean? What are best practices for airway clearance? When is a patient ready for a speaking valve? What is the process for decannulation?

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2:56 Trach Components

12:47 Trach Complication Management

27:48 Airway Clearance

34:53 Speaking Valve

38:54 Decannulation

Tags: IM Core, CoreIM, pulmonary, critical care, ICU, nursing care, respiratory therapy, pharmacy



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