Paediatric tracheostomies are formed as a surgical procedure.

Fig 1 is a video of this procedure.

They involve two types of sutures:

• Stay sutures
• Maturation sutures

Paediatric tracheostomies are formed as a surgical procedure.

Fig 1 is a video of this procedure.

They involve two types of sutures:

• Stay sutures (Fig 2):
  • Extend from inside stoma and taped to chest
  • Assist with opening stoma during the 1st week
  • Raise trachea to skin's surface and pull stoma apart so a tube can be inserted
  • Tapes will be labelled 'left' and 'right'
  • Are removed after first tube change
  • Can be used in emergency to open stoma
• Maturation sutures

Paediatric tracheostomies are formed as a surgical procedure.

Fig 1 is a video of this procedure.

They involve two types of sutures:

• Stay sutures
• Maturation sutures (Fig 3):
  • Suture trachea onto the child's skin
  • Help form a more permanent stoma