STARS Train the Trainer Class (TtT) - Beta-Skills Check-Off Sheet

Skills Check-Off Sheet - Pediatric Tracheostomy

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This document is a simulation and skills validation checklist for caring for children with medical complexities who are tracheostomy- and ventilator-dependent. Its purpose is to help learners establish basic tracheostomy management skills and improve comfort with trach care through classroom-based simulation.<br /><br />The checklist outlines required equipment for the training, including a Nickie training doll, a tracheostomy tube and a one-size-smaller backup trach, trach ties, an in-line ETCO2 device, a 3–10 mL luer lock syringe, an obturator, suction catheter, lubricant packet, and a bag-valve-mask device.<br /><br />It also specifies that a signature indicates satisfactory completion of the criteria or performance expectations, and that all validations are performed using simulation methods rather than in a clinical setting. A section is included for the validating instructor’s signature.<br /><br />Core competencies to be assessed include: identifying and troubleshooting an occluded tracheostomy, identifying and responding to tracheostomy decannulation, managing secretions during illness compared with everyday care, and managing and supporting a difficult routine tracheostomy change.

Keywords

pediatric tracheostomy care

ventilator-dependent children

simulation training checklist

skills validation

tracheostomy management

trach tube change

decannulation response

occluded tracheostomy troubleshooting

airway suctioning and secretion management

required trach care equipment