Essential Equipment Checklist for Tracheostomy Patients
Patient and Family Education
� Trach tube (same size)
� Trach tube (one size smaller)
� Blunt scissors
� Syringe (cuffed tube only)
� Sterile lubricant
� Trach ties
� HMEs
� Sterile water
� Shoulder roll
� Oral airway (if needed)
� Portable suction machine (fully charged)
� AC/DC power cord
� Open suction catheters
� Inline suction catheters
� Oral suction
� Saline
� Gloves
� Hand sanitizer
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� Oximeter (fully charged)
� Power cord
� Cable
� Probe
� Resuscitator bag with oxygen tubing
� Face mask or stoma mask
� Oxygen tank
Documentation
� Letter with medical history and instructions to call a doctor in an emergency
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Essential Equipment Checklist for Tracheostomy Patients
� Cough Assist
� Cough Assist tubing
� Oxygen tubing
� AC power cord
� Suctioning supplies (see page 1)
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� HMEs
� Oxygen tubing
� Trilogy ventilator
� AC power cord
� Battery pack
� DC power cord
� Extra ventilator circuit
� Oxygen tubing
� Astral ventilator
� AC Power cord
� Vent circuit
� LTV ventilator
� External battery with cables
� AC power cord
� DC power cord
� Extra ventilator circuit
� Oxygen tubing
Ventilator
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