Intensive Care Society Optimising Tracheostomy Outcomes 2025

Intensive Care Society Optimising Tracheostomy Outcomes 2025

Include: 1 videos + 1 pdf, size: 2.3 GB
 Target Audience: intensive care physicians and anesthetists
Information:
9am – 4pm GMT 27 March 2025

This study day focuses on tracheostomies in the ICU setting and the associated multi-disciplinary roles whom collaborate to enhance patient care. Our faculty of clinical and research experts will consider the ‘who’ and the ‘how’ of tracheostomies, speaking valves and rehabilitation to answer key questions including- how early is ‘early’ for a tracheostomy? How can we complement weaning and rehabilitation progression for patients with a tracheostomy? And is pharmacology a help or a hinderance? With real life examples, and ongoing reference to the evidence base throughout, this study day is one not to miss!

The Optimising Tracheostomy Outcomes 2025 event by the Intensive Care Society is tailored for a multidisciplinary audience involved in critical care and tracheostomy management. This includes:

• Intensive care physicians and anesthetists
• Speech and language therapists (SLTs) and physiotherapists specializing in airway and rehabilitation
• Critical care nurses and pharmacists managing complex weaning and secretion strategies
• Researchers and educators focused on tracheostomy care and patient-centered outcomes
• Healthcare professionals interested in innovations in communication, swallowing, and respiratory function post-tracheostomy

The event emphasizes evidence-based practice, real-life case discussions, and collaborative approaches to improve outcomes for patients with tracheostomies in ICU settings

 

+ Topics:

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

27 March 2025.mp4
Bronchure.pdf

 

 

* Detail:

Time	Title of Talk	Faculty
9:00	Welcome by Chair	Chair & Co-Chair
9:05	Optimising Weaning This talk will consider the management of patients with complex or long-term weaning issues in ICU.	Prof Tim Felton (Consultant in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
9:35	Switching the larynx back on This talk will provide an overview of laryngeal sensory impairment and the impact of interventions, such as airflow and pharyngeal electrical stimulation on laryngeal function.	Prof Sarah Wallace OBE (Consultant SLT in critical care)
10:05	Questions	Panel
10:15	Coffee Break
10:30	The role of Pharmacology This presentation will discuss how pharmacological management can help and/or hinder secretion management.	Holly Mackenzie (Principal Pharmacist in critical care)
11:00	Optimising secretion clearance Through a joint PT/SLT presentation, this talk discusses the optimisation of upper airway secretion clearance.	Gemma Jones (SLT in critical care) and Jason Nunn (PT in critical care)
11:30	One-way valves: De-bunking myths This talk will focus on the myths surrounding the use of One-Way Valves, including lung recruitment, eating and drinking and exercise.	Dr Anna Liisa Sutt (SLT in critical care)
12:00	Questions	Panel
12:30	Lunch Break
13:00	Managing late complications of bleeding This presentation will consider the latent impact and management of innominate artery bleeding	Taran Tatla (ENT – Head & Neck Surgeon)
13:20	Trachy Size This talk will provide a synopsis of her research findings of the implications of tracheostomy tube size for clinical practice.	Helen Newman (SLT in critical care)
13:40	Patient Case Study Using a patient case the speaker will discuss approaches to weaning alongside physical rehabilitation	Ashwin Bhat (PT in critical care)
14:00	Questions
14:15	Coffee Break
14:35	New Frontiers in Trachy Education This talk will provide a synopsis of recent developments in tracheostomy education.	Paul Twose (Consultant AHP)
15:05	Virtual Reality in Trachy Education Building on the previous talk, this session will specifically focus on the potential of Virtual Reality in tracheostomy education	Brendan McGrath (Consultant in Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine)
15:35	Panel Discussion	Panel
15:55	Closing Remarks