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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