The Adult TRACHES Toolkit has been adopted across all 14 hospitals in Wales, with some impressive outcomes. The toolkit has been shown to improve patient safety, reduce length of stay and reduce adverse events in adult patients in hospital with a tracheostomy.

Following this success, the toolkit is now expanding to cover how to respond a toolkit for Ambulance Clinicians responding to a person living with a tracheostomy in the community.

We are hosting an interactive 60-minute live virtual event for all Ambulance Clinicians in Wales, reflecting on these findings and unveiling the new toolkit. This launch event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and the event link will be sent out on the morning of the event.

The event will be recorded, and a video made available on the All Wales ICST Platform for those unable to attend the event live.

Event Agenda:

• The need for standardised tracheostomy care across the Ambulance Service
• Back to tracheostomy basics
• A stepwise approach to responding to a tracheostomy emergency (two scenarios)
• Unveiling the TRACHES Toolkit for WAST
• Q&A Session