Search Tag: tracheostomy weaning

ICU Management

2024 28 Nov

Tracheostomies are widely performed for a variety of reasons in the ICU. This article outlines the process of transitioning from critical care to the community with proactive management by a multidisciplinary team to wean patients from the ventilator and from the tracheostomy.   Introduction Approximately 10-20% of patients in the...Read more

ICU Management

2018 01 Jun

The role of speech and language therapists (SLTs) in critical care can be unclear so this article sets out the scope of practice to increase awareness of the value of SLTs as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. Speech and language therapists (SLT) are trained to deliver specialist clinical services to adults with a broad range of disorders,...Read more