We believe that at CAREVALE, we can deliver home care services of the highest order for a variety of clinical needs including Tracheostomy care and ventilator care for our patients.
TRACHEOSTOMY CARE AND VENTILATOR CARE SERVICES
You will have many questions that need answering, we will do our best to answer these as completely as possible. We will provide you with information from physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other home care services health care professionals – in short, the team of specialists and health care professionals who will be managing this condition at home. Typically, the team will comprise a group of highly qualified and experienced home health care professionals.
THE TRACHEOSTOMY AND VENTILATOR SERVICES TEAM
IHHC’s Tracheostomy care team will typically include:
- Surgeons and otolaryngologists-head and neck surgeons
- Home care nurses
- Speech and swallowing pathologists
- Respiratory care practitioners: Specially trained health care professionals who help to treat and re-establish respiratory function for patients with airway and breathing problems. Their expertise is utilized to evaluate and handle patients with the following conditions:
- Tracheostomy tubes and oxygen therapy
- Ventilator care
- Chronic heart and lung problems that require breathing treatment and help
- Other healthcare professionals
EQUIPMENT USED AT HOME FOR THE PATIENT
For patients who require tracheostomy care, we will provide the following equipment:
- Suction apparatus
- Suction catheter
- Oxygen cylinder or Oxygen concentrator (If a patient requires oxygen support)
- Pulse oximeter
For taking care of patients on a ventilator, we will provide the following equipment:
- Portable ventilator
- Suction apparatus
- Suction catheter
- Oxygen cylinder and Oxygen concentrator
- Vital monitoring equipment such as a cardiac monitor
