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TRACHEOSTOMY Equipment for temporary tracheostomy: (1) sterile gloves, (2) sterile gauze sponges, (3)
Brown-Adson tissue (thumb) forceps, (4) sterile scalpel blade (scalpel handle not shown), (5) tracheostomy tube
(in sterile packaging), (6) sterile nonabsorbable suture material, (7) needle holders, (8) suture scissors, and Kelly
hemostatic forceps (not shown).
RELATED CLIENT EDUCATION
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Consent to Perform General Anesthesia
TRACHEOSTOMY A single-lumen, cuffed tracheostomy tube. Curved and cuffed portions are inside the
patient. External plate (arrowheads) is sutured to the skin of the ventral neck or tied around the neck with
umbilical tape. Proximal extremity of tube (arrow) is left open or attached to a ventilator.
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