Tracheostomy Tube Choice in Clinical Practice
The Importance of Tracheostomy Tube Choice in Clinical Practice
Join our Clinical Education Team and our expert clinician for an insightful webinar designed to deepen your understanding of tracheostomy tube selection and its impact on patient outcomes. We will explore the most commonly used tracheostomy tube types, highlighting the critical role of technical data in making informed clinical decisions.
Through comparative analysis and case-based discussion, participants will gain awareness of the differences in specifications across various tube types and manufacturers. The webinar will also focus on strengthening clinical reasoning skills to support individualized patient care goals.
Time
April 30, 2026, at 19.00-20.30 CET
Learning objectives:
- Review the more common tracheostomy tube types available
- Understand importance of technical data when selecting appropriate tubes
- Provide awareness of differences in data between tube types & makes
- Improve ability to clinically reason tube selection decisions, considering individualized patient goals
Agenda:
19:00-19:05: Introduction and housekeeping
19:05-19:30: Fundamentals of tube design - technical data, features and clinical importance/relevance
19:30-20:00: Clinical application of technical data to make patient focused tube choices to improve patient outcomes and quality of life
20:00-20:30: Q&A
Expert panel:
Carmin Bartow
Speech Pathologist and Clinical Educator at Atos Medical USA
Carmin began her career as a speech-language pathologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, where she specialized in dysphagia management, head and neck cancer, and tracheostomy practice for over two decades. Her contributions were pivotal in the development and success of a multidisciplinary tracheostomy team. From 2012-2022, she maintained Board Certification in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. Carmin is an experienced educator at the local, regional, and national levels, including several years as an adjunct instructor for the Dysphagia course at Tennessee State University and as an invited guest lecturer for many SLP and RT programs throughout the US. She has authored and co-authored multiple peer reviewed papers and presentations on dysphagia, tracheostomy practice, and multidisciplinary tracheostomy teams. Her career included a balance between her clinical role and part-time work as a Clinical Consultant for Passy-Muir leading to a full-time Clinical Specialist position there in 2020.
Ellena Farrow
Clinical educator Atos Medical UK and physiotherapist
Ellena is a Respiratory Physiotherapist by background having started her Physiotherapy career in Cambridge and then moved to Lancashire at the end of 2018. She began working at Atos in January 2024 and her current role allows her to combine her passion for tracheostomy management as well as Clinical Education to support clinicians in delivering high quality, evidence-based care.
Katie Partridge
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Critical Care and Respiratory, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Katie Partridge is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and Integrated Therapy Lead for Critical Care and Respiratory
at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, with her main base being Basildon University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Katie is also a non-medical prescriber and is currently undertaking her Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice.
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