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Airway Management

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Airway Care: Tracheostomy Care, Tube Change, and Artificial Airway Cuff Management

Overview:

Maintaining airway patency and preventing infection are two primary concerns when providing care to the patient with a tracheostomy tube. Other needs are caring for the stoma, providing some form of effective communication, and providing emotional support. With fresh new graphics and updated information, this new edition of Medcom’s classic course on tracheostomy care continues to provide a strong foundation on the essentials of direct airway care.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

Describe the function of a tracheostomy tube
Explain the procedure for cleaning and changing the inner cannula
Describe care for the stoma
Describe the procedure for changing a tracheostomy tube
Identify complications associated with over-inflation of a soft cuff
Describe the preferred procedure for maintaining adequate cuff pressure

Airway Management: Endotracheal Intubation

Product code: M028 Reviewed for accuracy: 2011

Overview:

Reviews pertinent airway anatomy and physiology, and provides indications for and techniques of insertion of the oral and nasopharyngeal airway.

Airway Management: Suctioning: Nasotracheal, Oropharyngeal and Endotracheal Techniques

Product code: M026

Overview:

Demonstrates efficient procedures; describes potential hazards, data evaluation and interventions.

Airway Management: Weaning and Extubation

Product code: M029 Reviewed for accuracy: 2011

Overview:

Offers a complete visual guide to the subject including patient readiness, comparative methods, guidelines, and post-extubation monitoring.

Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Setting: Is Patient Safety Protected

Product code: 78268

Overview:

Undetected, accidental placement of an endotracheal tube in the esophagus can lead to patient death within minutes. Portable, disposable, end-tidal CO₂ monitors can be used in any emergency setting to confirm correct tube placement.

Patient Monitoring in Mechanical Ventilation

Product code: 78267

Overview:

A new bedside pulmonary function monitor directly assesses how the patient is responding to various ventilator settings. This technology may improve the management of mechanically ventilated patients and reduce the risk of failed weaning trials.

Suctioning: Nasotracheal Suctioning and Monitoring Complications

Series Overview:

This update of Medcom's classic suctioning course provides healthcare professionals with demonstrations of the fundamentals of airway suctioning. Now in a more convenient two-part format, this series demonstrates current practices and techniques to provide nurses with an understanding of nasotracheal, oropharyngeal and both open and closed in-line endotracheal suctioning, and the indications for the use of each.

Overview:

This program describes the anatomy of the airway, demonstrates methods designed to mobilize respiratory secretions, demonstrates nasotracheal suctioning techniques used to remove accumulated secretions, and describes potential complications to monitor.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

List the physiological effects of accumulated respiratory secretions.
Describe the technique for nasotracheal suctioning and indications for its use.
Identify assessment findings used to establish the need for suctioning.
Name potential complications of the suctioning procedures.

Suctioning: Oropharyngeal and Endotracheal Techniques

Series Overview:

Overview:

This program describes the anatomy of the airway, demonstrates oropharyngeal suctioning techniques, and both open and closed in-line endotracheal suctioning techniques used to remove accumulated secretions.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

List the physiological effects of accumulated respiratory secretions.
Describe the technique for nasotracheal suctioning and indications for its use.
Identify assessment findings used to establish the need for suctioning.
Name potential complications of the suctioning procedures.