His mom, Brittney McFarland, of Robinson, had the great honor or removing his trach for what she hopes is the last time and ...

A Conway toddler suffered a brain injury and died after Horry County and Conway EMS personnel improperly ventilated him, a ...

After requiring a tracheostomy and being placed on a ventilator in 2010, which forced him to live in a wheelchair and receive 24-hour personal care, Lafontant experienced a brief period of despair.

Finally on April 6, 2018, we were able to bring our boy home. Sawyer may have been trach- and ventilator-dependent, but he never let that get in his way. Sawyer was a true miracle who defied all odds ...

While right-wing populism surges in some of the world’s leading democracies, Chile’s leftist government is rushing in the ...

For children who rely on a ventilator, swimming is a rare and ... Sophia requires 24-hour ventilation through a tracheostomy - a hole made in the front of the neck, which allows a tube to be ...

Sophia who requires 24-hour ventilation through a tracheostomy was held safely ... The youngster was the first child who relies on a ventilator to breathe to take a dip at Derian House's ...

A quality improvement (QI) initiative with the aim of reducing median time on the ventilator for tracheostomy patients was undertaken at a tertiary care ICU in Toronto, Canada. A QI team was formed, ...

I am shown a schematic diagram of my tracheostomy. I am perpetually terrified that the little balloon in my trachea will self-inflate leaving me to suffocate in silence. (Note to anaesthetists: please ...