For additional information regarding tracheostomy care see www.tracheostomy.com/resources/pdf/TrachHandbk.pdf. This section may be photocopied and distributed to families. Call your health professional at (phone number) if any of the following occurs for 12 to 24 hours: • The child is very irritable. • The child is having trouble breathing. • Temperature is above 100.4° F. • Yellow or green mucus from the tracheostomy or stoma is present. • Bright red blood from the tracheostomy is present. • The smell of the mucus changes. • The amount of mucus increases. • The tracheostomy comes out and you are unable to replace it. • She is having trouble breathing. • She has trouble eating or sucking. • Her nostrils flare (spread out). • You hear either the sound of air bubbling through the mucus or stridor (whistling or crowing).
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