https://tracheostomy.com/about-us/2025-10-18T13:34:05+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/about-aaron/2025-10-18T13:29:32+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/contact-us/2025-10-14T18:32:40+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/networking/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/09bb4-facebook-group-join.jpgfacebook-group-join2025-10-09T00:34:46+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/facebook/2025-10-09T00:32:46+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/mechanical-ventilation/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a0e0b-ltv-950-1.jpgltv-950Home Ventilator LTV 950 from Pulmonetic Systems2019-02-24T12:42:28+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/infection-control/2019-02-23T19:33:10+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/anterior-cricoid-split/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/67f70-cricoid_cartilage.jpgcricoid_cartilagehttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/98b28-cricoid.jpgcricoidPhoto Source: Drs. Potsic, Cotton and Handler's textbook, Surgical Pediatric Otolaryngology, Thieme Publishing Company, New York/Stuttgart, 19972019-02-23T19:19:43+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/laryngeal-diversion/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fc2e6-diversion.jpgdiversionSource: The Care of Children with Long-Term Tracheostomies, Edited by Ken M. Bleile. Surgical Management of the Tracheostomy, by Steven D. Handler2019-02-23T19:14:33+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/laryngotracheoplasty/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7e7fb-ltp.jpgltpSource: Laryngoscope 101: December 1991, Cotton: Pediatric Laryngotracheal Stenosishttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/88fcc-ltp1.gifltp1Source: The Care of Children with Long-Term Tracheostomies, Edited by Ken M. Bleile, Singular Publishing Group, Inc.2019-02-23T17:49:46+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/emergency-tracheotomy/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0815a-emergency4.gifemergency4https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/df9e5-emergency3.gifemergency3https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/23ddb-emergency2.gifemergency2https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/f19ef-emergency1.gifemergency12019-02-23T17:06:22+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/percutaneous-tracheostomy-technique/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/660f7-percutaneous5.gifpercutaneous5https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4845c-percutaneous4.gifpercutaneous4https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c3497-percutaneous3.gifpercutaneous3https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ee49d-percutaneous2.gifpercutaneous2https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3417f-percutaneous1.gifpercutaneous12019-02-23T16:59:41+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/tracheotomy/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2ee60-incision.jpgincisionhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/e1da2-trach.jpgtrachSource: The Care of Children with Long-Term Tracheostomies, Edited by Ken M. Bleile. Surgical Management of the Tracheostomy, by Steven D. Handler2019-02-23T16:46:03+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/surgical-procedures/2019-02-23T16:30:03+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/more-faq/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/d33ff-collar.jpgcollarHomemade trach holderhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2bb4c-trach_tite.jpgtrach_titeTrache Tite Tracheostomy tube holder2019-02-23T12:34:52+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/parent-challenges/2019-02-22T17:58:43+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/respiratory-anatomy/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2f93b-terminalbronchushisto.gifterminalbronchushistohttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/99bc1-xray.jpgxrayhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/f549f-neck.jpgneckhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c1303-laryngealchgduringresp.giflaryngealchgduringrespLaryngeal Changes During Respirationhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/eb0af-resp.gifresp2019-02-22T15:23:53+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/history/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7e8e5-washington3.jpgwashington3https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6ddea-tra.jpgtraAntique sterling silver tracheostomy tube, made in England in the late 1800s. (left and right outer cannula, inner cannula in center)https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71bf7-preemie.jpgpreemieAaron in NICU, 1993https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/e3028-ward.jpgwardChristmas in the bronchoscopic clinic ward. Children with tracheostomies usually lived in the hospital. Photo from The Life of Chevalier Jackson, An Autobiography Copyright 1938 by MacMillan Companyhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/eb359-luers.jpgluersLuer’s trachea cannula and obturator, 1890.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/9031a-brasavola.jpgbrasavolaAntonio Musa Brasavola (1490-1554), The National Library of Medicine https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/32857-human_body_1611_guidi04.jpghuman_body_1611_guidi042019-02-22T15:10:40+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/decannulation/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2f7e5-clara11.jpgclara11Stoma just after decannulationhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ce08d-sydney_holding_trach.jpgsydney_holding_trach2019-02-22T14:14:29+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/home-equipment/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/f990e-thevestsystem_model105_home-care-version-single.jpgthevestsystem_model105_home-care-version-singlehttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c362c-aerotrch.jpgaerotrchhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c708a-pari-vios-pro-compressor-nebulizer-kit-lc_600x600.jpgpari-vios-pro-compressor-nebulizer-kit-lc_600x600https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/695b4-bipap.jpgbipaphttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/f5421-o2_tube.jpgo2_tubehttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5daa9-o2_concentrator.jpgo2_concentratorhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/226b0-oxygen_tanks.jpgoxygen_tankshttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dbe15-finger_pulse_ox.jpgfinger_pulse_oxhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dba26-pulseox.jpgpulseoxhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/af85a-apnea_monitor.jpgapnea_monitor2019-02-22T12:43:36+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/speech-with-trach/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/93b5d-subglottic.jpgsubglotticTight-fitting tracheostomy tube (single arrow) or subglottic stenosis (double arrows) can impede flow of air past the vocal cords and prevent vocalization. From "The speech pathologist and management of children with tracheostomies" by B. Simon and S. Handler, 1981, Journal of Otolaryngology, 10, 440-448. Copy right 1981 by S. Handler. Reprinted with permission.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/193df-valve.jpgvalveAaron wearing his speaker valve2019-02-22T10:53:00+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/eating-with-trach/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/95a3a-food.jpgfood2019-02-22T10:45:42+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/types-of-tubes/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3d985-t_tube-2.jpgt_tube (2)Montgomery T-tubes are often used in adult patients; however, they are less commonly used in the pediatrics.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/f530f-t_tube.jpgt_tubeMontgomery T-tubes are often used in adult patients; however, they are less commonly used in the pediatrics.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c0f70-flex_tube.jpgflex_tubeBivona Uncuffed Neonatal and Pediatric FlexTend Silicone Tracheostomy Tubes. https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/85f37-button.gifbuttonTracheal Buttonhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a3130-fenestrated.jpgfenestratedFenestrated tubehttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/d5059-trach1.giftrach1Single Cannular Shiley Pediatric Tracheostomy Tube, Obturator at Righthttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/e9fc2-metal_tube.jpgmetal_tubeMetal tube with inner cannula and obturator https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/df2fa-parts.jpgparts(Photographs from Growing and Thriving with a Tracheostomy by Ann Marie Ramsey and Colin Macpherson, photography by Joe Welch, Copyright UMMC 1994-95.)https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/d821d-bivona.jpgbivonaBivona Fome-Cuff Tracheostomy Tube (Photograph Courtesy of Smiths Medical)2019-02-21T14:13:20+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/reasons-for-trach/2019-02-21T13:55:21+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/tracheostomy-101/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c46c0-lateral.giflateralhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dd299-site.gifsite2019-02-21T13:45:21+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/complications/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cb29a-apnea.jpgapneaCardiac Apnea Monitorhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/916bb-granuloma.jpggranulomaGranuloma at stoma (Photo courtesy of Kerry S. Baldwin)https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cbeb4-granulom.jpggranulomGranuloma inside trachea, just about trachoestomy tube. (white area)https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/06cf4-distress2.gifdistress2Illustration Source: The Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (CPEM), Teaching Resource for Instructors in Prehospital Pediatrics. Illustrations by Susan Gilbert. 2019-02-21T00:09:19+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/precautions/2019-02-20T20:08:44+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/humidification/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2017b-compress.gifcompressIllustration courtesy of the Department of Otolaryngology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohiohttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0cd15-vent.jpgventAaron wearing a thermovent T (HME)2019-02-20T19:52:35+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/changing-tube/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/9d877-placement2.gifplacement2Illustration Source: The Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (CPEM), Teaching Resource for Instructors in Prehospital Pediatrics. Illustrations by Susan Gilbert. https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/25bb9-402home.png402homePepper Medical Vent-Tie(R), combination trach tie and ventilator anti-disconnect device.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/8e0e0-trachch.jpgtrachchMetal Tracheostomy Tube Holderhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2b622-dale_holder.jpgdale_holderDale Medical Products, Inc.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3b3b5-change1.gifchange1https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/d330a-ties.giftieshttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fe790-change.jpgchange2019-02-20T18:05:05+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/suction-cath-sizing-chart/2019-02-20T13:33:33+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/suctioning/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/31685-suction-1.gifsuctionhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/153fd-res-q-vac.jpgres-q-vachttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3f858-cough_machine.jpgcough_machinehttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/b5f30-suctio1.jpgsuctio1https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0595f-ballard.jpgballardBallard® in-line catheterhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6ea1a-tommyballard.jpgtommyballardhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/e05b8-suction2.gifsuction2Illustration Source: The Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (CPEM), Teaching Resource for Instructors in Prehospital Pediatrics. Illustrations by Susan Gilbert.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/30ba1-sleeved_cath.jpgsleeved_cathBard Medical Division Tracheal Suction Catheterhttps://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2f948-ambu3.gifambu3Illustration Source: The Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (CPEM), Teaching Resource for Instructors in Prehospital Pediatrics. Illustrations by Susan Gilbert. https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0d774-suction.gifsuctionIllustration courtesy of the Department of Otolaryngology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio2019-02-20T12:39:29+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/daily-care/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c050c-manometer.gifmanometerTrach tube with cuff, pilot inflating balloon and pressure manometer Illustration Source: Kersten, L.D. (Ed.) (1998). Comprehensive respiratory nursing: A decision making approach. Toronto: W.B. Sauders Company.https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/e7e5a-foam_cuff.giffoam_cuffFoam-filled Bivona cuff tracheostomy tube, deflated (left), inflated (right) 2019-02-19T00:33:55+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/resources/https://tracheostomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/929fd-sizing_chart.jpgsizing_chart2017-04-10T17:53:31+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/faq/2017-04-10T17:53:19+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.com/trach-care/2017-04-10T17:48:57+00:00weekly0.6https://tracheostomy.comdaily1.02025-10-18T13:34:05+00:00