emergency preparedness
Tracheostomy
Instructed patient in emergency
care These pages will cover prevention of an emergency
situation, and what to do if: Your loved one has trouble breathing or stops breathing You cannot insert a trach tube The trach falls out.
Instructed patient if your trach tube comes out Don’t panic! Stay calm. Your stoma will stay open. If you do not know how
to put the tube back in or you can’t get it in, have someone take you to the nearest Emergency
Department, or go to your
family doctor’s office. Take your extra trach tube with you.