thetracheteam

Lancashire and South Cumbria Regional Tracheostomy Team. Aiming to improve clinical outcomes, reduce clinical risk & promote community weaning.

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📣 RESOURCE NOW LIVE 📣

Your Tracheostomy: Education and Support

Accessible via any device:

https://t.co/YitbAveOxN

Free, multimedia resource aimed to support patients, carers, families + clinicians with all things tracheostomy 🗣

[Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Jobs 💙 @LancsHospJobs]

Job Vacancy: Tracheostomy Specialist Practice Educator @LancsHospitals

⏰Closes: 22/12/2024

Read more and apply: https://t.co/CEb5WxWDaF

#NHS #NHSjobs #lancashire #Lancashirejobs #Tracheostomy #Educator #band6 #SouthCumbria #Healthcare

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🚨 EXCITING NEW ROLE 🚨

Tracheostomy Specialist Practice Educator within Lancashire & South Cumbria Regional Tracheostomy Team

Passionate about education, service improvement and high quality tracheostomy care? Come and join us!

[Emma Forster @EmmaCForster]

📣 Tracheostomy Specialist Practice Educator 📣

Thrilled to announce our service expansion as we look to welcome a passionate individual to support with education + training provision to pts, carers, families and clinicians across Lancs + S.Cumbria

https://t.co/c3nfOtAPqR

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@trachezey @leehughes40 @EmmaCForster @KellyYoud #communitytracheostomycare

[PODREFONLY @PODREFONLY]

Is there an area of healthcare that you would like to improve? - tell us! https://t.co/QXBgV3I1MC
You might be proposing a topic for next year.
Step 1 - fill out 'PART1' form - it's really short, and we will guide you from there. @HQIP @HealthFdn @NHSGIRFT @NICEComms @AoMRC

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Supporting ventilation study day 🫁 #tracheostomytraining

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@YvonneElley @BelfastTrust Hi Yvonne, I would recommend reaching out to your trust patient experience lead for support. Please email our team account and a member of the team will be in touch.

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#SwallowAware2023

[Lee Hughes @leehughes40]

#SwallowAware2023 @thetracheteam @KellyYoud @VanyaRCN @trachezey
MDT photo with patient consent. Recent decannulation = dysphagia & laryngeal rehab: cuff down, OWV, EF swallow, FEES, VF, NMES, IQoro, return to eating & drinking prior to decannulation✅️🙌

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4. Whilst mouth care reduces infection, it also supports oro motor control, provides routine to the day along with ADL rehab, maintains dignity and comfort and so much more!
#EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts

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🦷🪥 Tracheostomy Mouth Care Week 2023 🪥🦷👄 comes to an end… It has been a busy week but valuable week focusing on oral hygiene across the region. Common themes from this week:

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3. NBM does NOT mean that oral hygiene is not as important and this should be incorporated into morning and night routine for the patient.

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This week we have:

✅ Trained 23 staff in oral hygiene
✅ Visited 5 care homes
✅ Completed 29 oral hygiene reviews
✅ Implemented 11 oral hygiene care plans
✅ Completed 2 SCD referrals

And brushed lots of teeth!

#EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts

[Lee Hughes @leehughes40]

If you are unsure about Mouthcare for your NBM patients, or concerned about harming your patient, ask for support from your nursing, SLT or dentist colleagues. Patients who are NBM are particularly at risk of dry, sore mouths #MDTApproach #EveryMouthCounts

[Lee Hughes @leehughes40]

If you are concerned about patient hypersensitivity impacting on Mouthcare, request a referral to Speech & Language Therapy. SLT can implement desensitisation programs if appropriate #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts 🪥🦷👄

[Lee Hughes @leehughes40]

If you are unsure about appropriate equipment for Mouthcare, see our NHS Supply Chain product code list below #everymouthcounts
@thetracheteam Mouthcare Week 2023 👄🦷🪥

[Zey @trachezey]

What a difference from last year! 👀Thanks to SCD, the majority of our trache residents have been reviewed + treated. Great to see patients are now pain free since receiving treatment + review! @thetracheteam @leehughes40 @KellyYoud @VanyaRCN #everymouthcounts #MDTapproach

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If you’re concerned about harming your patient, ask for support from your nursing, SLT or dentist colleagues. #EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts

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📢 Poll results!! We asked what concerns do you/others have about keeping patients’ mouths clean and healthy. 7% pt hypersensitivity, 21% worried re: harming pt, 31% NBM, 41% no appropriate equipment #EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts

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If you are concerned about patient hypersensitivity impacting on mouth care, request a referral to Speech & Language Therapy. SLT can implement desensitisation programs if appropriate. #EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts

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NBM does NOT mean that oral hygiene is not as important. It should still be incorporated into morning and night routine for the patient. #EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts

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There is no requirement for specialist equipment when delivering mouth care. SLS free toothpaste is readily available and cheap to buy. Oral suction and standard tooth brushes can be used. #EveryMouthCounts #MDTApproach #EveryInterventionCounts