Journal article
What families have in the emergency tracheostomy kits: Identifying gaps to improve patient safety
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the contents of parent-created emergency tracheostomy kits and identify deficiencies.
METHODS: This was an observational study. Data on emergency tracheostomy kits were abstracted for 30 consecutive children who had a tracheostomy tube in situ during an outpatient clinic visit with the Division of Respiratory Medicine and/or the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children between …
Authors
Amin R; Zabih W; Syed F; Polyviou J; Tran T; Propst EJ; Holler T
Journal
Pediatric Pulmonology, Vol. 52, No. 12, pp. 1605–1609
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2017
DOI
10.1002/ppul.23740
ISSN
8755-6863