Tracheostomy emergencies are rare in the emergency department but are associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Tracheostomy emergencies are rare in the emergency department but are associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Tracheostomy emergencies are rare in the ED but are associated with high mortality and morbidity. It is therefore essential that ED practitioners are competent in assessing and stabilising patients with complications arising from tracheostomies.
A 60-year-old man with a tracheostomy is brought into the emergency department with acute shortness of breath.
A 34-year-old man presents to the ED feeling unwell for the past three days. He has a hoarse voice and increasing neck pain.
Tracheostomy emergencies are a relatively common and often alarming occurrence – do you know how to manage a patient presenting with a tracheostomy emergency?