Resources

• American Thoracic Society (2000) 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.

• Wilkins, R, Stoller, J. & Kacmarek, R (2009). Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care (9thEd), St.Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier
• Lecture 4 handout