What are the precautions of tracheotomy?

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Tracheotomy is to cut the neck trachea, and then put in the metal trachea cannula, so that the patient can breathe smoothly. So tracheotomy is a common procedure to relieve dyspnea caused by laryngeal * dyspnea, ventilatory dysfunction or retention of lower respiratory tract secretion. At present, tracheotomy has a variety of surgical methods, but no matter which one, due to the need to cut the human body's trachea into, so postoperative care must be correct, if improper care will lead to trachea leakage and other phenomena. So how to care?

What are the precautions of tracheotomy?

First of all, the patients should be placed in a quiet, clean and fresh room. It is better to keep the room temperature at about 21 ℃ and the humidity at 60%. The trachea cuff should be covered with 2-4 layers of warm and wet gauze. The room should be watered frequently, or the humidifier should be used, and the indoor air should be disinfected by ultraviolet rays regularly.

In addition, in a period of time after tracheotomy, patients should generally take lateral position, which can facilitate the discharge of endotracheal secretions. However, it should be noted that the body position should be rotated frequently to prevent bedsore and prevent the respiratory movement of all parts of the lung from stagnation.

Finally, for patients with sputum, it is necessary to timely suction sputum. Because it is difficult for patients with tracheotomy to cough and expel sputum, the sputum in the airway should be removed at any time, and the operating procedures should be strictly observed when suction sputum, and sterile observation should be paid attention to.

matters needing attention

The above are several important nursing points for patients after tracheotomy. Do you all know? Once handled improperly, the rare metal trachea will not heal well. So care for such patients must be careful.