Background
Tracheostomy is common in the acute care facility today. The care for these patients is challenging for the nurses in the ward where knowledge and skill is tested and often lacking resulting in emergency shift of these patients to ICU. As we found it difficult to care for this group in the wards inspite of continous training, we decided to have a dedicated tracheostomy ward for patient safety and better outcome. As a part of training, this module on tracheostomy care was developed by the medical ICU nurses.