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.

• Manuals for equipment:
  Hill-Rom (2004): The Vest® Airway Clearance System
  Electromed: Smart Vest® airway clearance system
  Emerson: Inexsuffalator ® Cough Machine

• Ireton, J (2007). Tracheostomy suction: a protocol for practice (Review) Paediatric Nursing, 19(10), 14-18.
• Verger J.T.,& Lebet R.M (Eds.) (2008). AACN Procedure Manual for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care. St Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier
• Wilkins, R, Stoller, J. & Kacmarek, R (2009). Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care (9thEd), St.Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
• Wegner C, Leiser,L. and Egan, R (2009). Caring for Kids with Tracheostomies Care Notebook. Milwaukee,WI: MaxiShare.
• Lecture 5 handout