Tracheostomy

In the medical term tracheostomy, trachea means?

• Food pipe
• Windpipe
• Opening
• Epiglottis

The surgical procedure consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect (front) of the neck and opening a direct airway through the incision in the trachea. Name the procedure.

• Tonsillectomy
• Cricoidectomy
• Tracheomalacia
• Tracheostomy

A patient is suffering from upper airway obstruction, which procedure is advised immediately to improve the airway of the patient?

• Tracheoplasty
• Tracheostomy
• Tonsillotomy
• All of the above

In which of the following conditions tracheostomy is indicated?

• Emergency airway access in burn cases
• Functional/ mechanical upper airway obstruction
• Airway access for prolonged mechanical ventilation
• All of the above

Which is commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration?

• Trachea
• Pharynx
• Larynx
• Both A and C

Which body part in the following options connects the inferior part of the pharynx with trachea?

• Cricoid cartilage
• Larynx
• Hyoid bone
• Cricoid membrane

Which of the following supports the front portion of larynx and covered partly by the thyroid gland?

• Thyroid cartilage
• Cricoid cartilage
• The cricoid cartilage is one of the important

landmarks in the tracheostomy procedure. It is present at top of trachea and forms the inferior wall of the larynx

• False
• True

Tracheostomy is most often done between tracheal cartilaginous rings.

• 1st and 2nd
• 6th and 7th
• 4th and 5th
• 2nd and 3rd

What are the equipment used during tracheostomy?

• Tracheostomy tube
• Oxygen / Air and humidifier
• Ambu bag with tracheostomy connector
• All of the above