Successes in Team-based Pediatric Tracheostomy Care
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This episode is a conversation with the tracheostomy and ventilator team of Children’s Wisconsin. The multidisciplinary team is composed of an otolaryngologist, pulmonologist, nurse practitioner, speech language pathologist, social worker, dietitian, and respiratory therapists. In this conversation we discuss the origin and structure of the team, and their successes in improving inpatient and outpatient tracheostomy care. The team has been successful in improving parent trach teaching through use of simulation, as well as in early speaking valve assessment and use.
Participants:
Michael McCormick – Pediatric Otolaryngology
Cecilia Lang – NP Team Manager
Jennifer Henningfeld – Pediatric Pulmonologist Medical Director
Grace Flanagan – Respiratory Therapist
Lisa Molkentine – Respiratory Therapist
Christine Bueckers – Speech Language Pathologist
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