How to Use tracheostomy in a Sentence

tracheostomy

noun

• The strangest part was having the tracheostomy tube in his throat.
  — Maggie Menderski, courier-journal.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• There’s no way to tell when or why a tracheostomy would have been performed.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2017
• For those that do, at around the three-week point, the protocol is to perform a tracheostomy.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
• Iris cares for a man who survived the covid ICU but still breathes through a tracheostomy (a tube in the front of his neck) and is barely conscious.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
• Since then, there were three more with the last surgery in April, at which point Chaiyasate was able to remove McGrath's tracheostomy.
  — Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
• That means school nurses must know how to care for a wider range of issues, such as tracheostomy care or seizure response.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
• Since birth, he's breathed through a tracheostomy, a hole in his throat that extends into his windpipe.
  — Scottie Andrew and Brian Ries, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
• The doctors have told her parents that her heart is working well and that the tracheostomy will not be permanent.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2021
• But the 45-minute drive into the city was too taxing for James, who has a tracheostomy and uses a ventilator to breathe.
  — Jocelyn Wiener, sacbee, 29 May 2018
• Ivan had a tracheostomy, or trach, tube to assist with his breathing.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
• Schools must be equipped for a wide range of needs, from students who use wheelchairs, to those who have tracheostomies or take medication for seizures, Kern says.
  — Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2020
• But after the tracheostomy, Ady would need 24-hour care to make sure his airways were open and the ventilator was working.
  — Rachael Scarborough King, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
• Others may require those with more skills for tasks like lifting, tending to bed sores or tracheostomy care.
  — Michael James Rocha, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
• Unable to speak due to the tracheostomy, Greg began using a small dry-erase board to communicate.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2018
• Getman uses a wheelchair, can only move one finger on one hand, and has a tracheostomy tube for breathing.
  — oregonlive, 15 June 2020
• As his health declined, Greg underwent a tracheostomy and was given a feeding tube.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2018
• Harper has a tracheostomy and uses a ventilator to help her breathe.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• One of the nurses on my floor came to work a few hours early one morning to go over how to change tracheostomy dressings with the patient’s wife, because neither patient nor spouse felt ready to go .
  — Jason Han, Philly.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• The tracheostomy has had the biggest impact on Rhianna, because Brian doesn’t join them for meals anymore.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
• Months later in December, rumors of a health problem for Kilmer circulated when he was seen with what looked to be a tracheostomy tube around his neck.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• Ibsen attached, to Vivi’s tracheostomy tube, a rubber bag filled with an oxygen supply.
  — Bradley M. Wertheim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
• There was some evidence of medical therapy, such as a catheter and a newer scar consistent with that of a tracheostomy.
  — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Westyn remained on a ventilator for nearly a month before it was replaced with a tracheostomy tube to keep his neck open for breathing.
  — Jamie Landers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
• Surgeons performed a tracheostomy, where a breathing tube attached to a ventilator was inserted through a hole in her neck.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
• Jordan now relies on a tracheostomy tube to breathe and can only communicate by typing.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
• Both families had hoped to move their children to long-term care facilities in New Jersey but were unable to find a placement without a tracheostomy, a surgery that would create an air passage in the neck.
  — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
• For those who undergo a tracheostomy, ALS could be less of a terminal illness than a long-term disability, especially for those under the age of 60.
  — Rachael Scarborough King, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
• That’s something that resonates with Pantoja; Dylan had a tracheostomy.
  — Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Chiu began an emergency tracheostomy, slitting her throat to make a hole for a breathing tube, then inexplicably stopped.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• At 2 months old, his doctors inserted a permanent tracheostomy tube.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024