Artificial Airway
University of Pennsylvania School of NursingRuma suffered a hemorrhagic stroke twenty-one days ago. She required prolonged mechanical ventilation necessitating a tracheostomy. The patient’s condition has been steadily improving. She has been weaned off of mechanical ventilation and is breathing on her own, receiving oxygen via a humidified trach collar. Ruma is alert and oriented. A...
Ruma suffered a hemorrhagic stroke twenty-one days ago. She required prolonged mechanical ventilation necessitating a tracheostomy. The patient’s condition has been steadily improving. She has...
Tracheostomy Complications—Chronic Tracheostomy with Tracheoinnominate Fistula
NYU Grossman School of MedicinePatient is a 65-year-old man with prolonged recovery from ARDS due to pneumonia, requiring continued mechanical ventilatory support, who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy insertion 20 days ago. The learner is called to the bedside by the MICU nurse due to bright red blood oozing from the tracheostomy and from the stoma....
Patient is a 65-year-old man with prolonged recovery from ARDS due to pneumonia, requiring continued mechanical ventilatory support, who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy insertion 20 days...
Tracheostomy Complications—Occluded Inner Cannula (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient us a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed 2 days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient us a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Total Laryngectomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for 24 hours. He had a total laryngectomy performed one day prior for laryngeal carcinoma. He required mechanical ventilatory support immediately postoperatively via a #8 cuffed...
The patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed two days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...
Tracheostomy Complications—Cuff Leak
NYU Grossman School of MedicineIn this scenario, the learner is called to the bedside of a 65-year-old man by a MICU nurse due to hypoxia and low pressure alarm on the ventilator. The patient has a prolonged recovery from ARDS and requires a continual mechanical ventilatory support. He also underwent percutaneous tracheostomy insertion 10...
In this scenario, the learner is called to the bedside of a 65-year-old man by a MICU nurse due to hypoxia and low pressure alarm...
FUN 06 – Nancy Gilbert – Tracheostomy Care
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 06 - Nancy Gilbert - Tracheostomy Care on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Nancy Gilbert is a 65-year-old Caucasian female with a history of laryngeal cancer. She was admitted with pneumonia and placed in contact isolation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). During this...
FUN 06 – Nancy Gilbert – Tracheostomy Care
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 06 - Nancy Gilbert - Tracheostomy Care on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Nancy Gilbert is a 65-year-old...