Resources

• American Thoracic Society (2000) Care of the child with a chronic tracheostomy. Care of the Child with a Chronic Tracheostomy. American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine,161, 297-308.
  
  Available on line by going to the American Thoracic Society website http://www.thoracic.org/index.php and search using the word tracheostomy.

• Becker, C., Allaire, K., Meszaros, M., Tribby, R. (2004) Caring for Your Child’s Tracheostomy. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.

• UCL Institute of Child Health (2009) Information Sheet Speaking Valves
  
  Available on-line at http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/gosh_families/information_sheets/speaking_valves/
  speaking_valves_families.html
• Wegner C, Leiser,L. and Egan, R (2009). Caring for Kids with Tracheostomies Care Notebook. Milwaukee,WI: MaxiShare.
• Lecture 3 handout