Tracheotomy is a common procedure in critically ill patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation. The existing oral endotracheal tube is replaced with a percutaneous endotracheal tube that is ...

Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers ...

Kloots also shared that she went to the hospital to also pick up her husband's personal items, including his wedding ring. Nick Cordero and his family have been through a number of ups and downs over ...

A Minnesota father was enjoying his time off work by mountain biking the popular Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Trails when he took a serious fall and fell down a ravine. By chance, an off-duty emergency ...