{"id":3399,"date":"2024-03-05T13:31:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/?page_id=3399"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:12:01","slug":"tracheostomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/shcn\/tracheostomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracheostomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3808\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: black; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;\" src=\"\/shield\/files\/2024\/10\/Tracheostomy400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-3808 \" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracheostomy tube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>School nurses play a crucial role in providing care and support to students with a tracheostomy. Students with tracheostomies may require regular suctioning to clear respiratory secretions and monitoring for potential complications such as tube blockages or infections.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential for school nurses to have a comprehensive understanding of tracheostomy care, including proper suctioning techniques, equipment maintenance, and emergency procedures. Collaboration with parents, healthcare providers, and school staff is essential to ensure a coordinated approach to the student&#8217;s medical and educational needs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=imQejyrsbDY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changing a Tracheostomy Tube [Video, 2:12]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JI_TIF-XAHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NICU to Nursery &#8211; Tracheostomy Care in the Home Setting [Video, 12:33]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yg8X5Bd3lbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tracheostomy Site Care\u00a0[Video, 3:04]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aFvQh-rS-n8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Types of Pediatric Tracheostomy Tubes [Video, 2:41]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last Reviewed: April 2, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School nurses play a crucial role in providing care and support to students with a tracheostomy. Students with tracheostomies may require regular suctioning to clear respiratory secretions and monitoring for potential complications such as tube blockages or infections. It is essential for school nurses to have a comprehensive understanding of tracheostomy care, including proper suctioning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21380,"featured_media":0,"parent":3565,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3399"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3971,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3399\/revisions\/3971"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}