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Figure 1
Distribution of answers to the questions pertaining to training in tracheostomy during the medical
course

DK/NA – Don’t know/ No answer
Figure 2
Distribution of the answers to the questions on the participants’ knowledge about tracheostomy

1 - All of the following are indications for tracheostomy, with the exception of:

Severe subglottic stenosis 3,0%
Severe and refractory obstructive sleep apnea 31,8%
Acute Obstruction of the upper airway 7,6%
Obstruction of the lower trachea 57,6%

2 - Which of the following statements is true?

Percutaneous tracheostomy can be performed in an intensive care unit 70,5%
Surgical tracheostomy is performed between the thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage 26,5%
Percutaneous tracheostomy replaces the indication 3,0%
for surgical tracheostomy
A tracheostomy is always an emergency procedure 0,0%
3 - A patient with a tracheostomy was admitted in your ward. You were not given information about
this patient and you did not have the opportunity to inspect the medical record.
Which of the following presumptions is true?

The patient should be transferred to the Otorhinolaryngology ward 2,3%
The patient may eventually vocalize 93,2%
The patient is laryngectomized 1,5%
This patient’s tracheostomy is permanent and can never be closed 3,0%

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