The Nursing after Tracheotomy to Severe Craniocerebral Injury

Patients with severe brain injury the comatose condition,falling tongue, the normal cough reflex and swallowing reflex are weaking or disappearing, the sputamentum is easy to stop up the respiratory tract,leading to suffocation,lack of oxygen, and the condition of disease is severed, the course of disease is to be extended,need tracheotomy. Tracheotomy support breathing, improve ventilation and oxygenation,helps the patient to cross acute respiratory obstruction, is the rescue of patients with severe brain damage one of the important measures. However, improper care, easy to cause airway obstruction and tempt induced lung infection and other complications, severe cases can be life-threatening. This article report patients with severe head injury after tracheotomy of nursing experience.