This article explains tracheostomy suctioning and humidification. It outlines how nurses can assess the need for tracheostomy suctioning to be performed and possible complications that may occur as a result of the procedure. It was previously published in Nursing Standard (1998) 13, 2, 49-56. Readers who successfully completed an assessment on that occasion may not do so again
Emergency Nurse. 6, 9, 33-38. doi: 10.7748/en1999.02.6.9.33.c1259
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