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What could you do if no secretions were obtained when you suctioned a tracheostomy?
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Double check: Make sure suction working properly and catheter going where it is supposed to. Also if patient is dehydrated secretions may become tenacious and or minimal. May then want to consider nebulising with saline to loosen secretions then attempt auctioning again.
Answered 1/30/2018
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