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Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination 2010
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Domain D — Special care needs — subdomain 1
Question 40:
Does the child use any of the following to help with breathing?
Please tick any that apply:
| Tracheostomy (A tracheostomy is an opening made by a surgeon through the front of the child’s neck into the windpipe. A tracheostomy tube is used to keep the tracheostomy open) | |
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| Ventilator (A ventilator is a machine which breathes for the child and connects to the child’s airway – usually through a tube into the windpipe known as a tracheostomy tube) | |
| Oxygen (The child is regularly given extra oxygen to breathe from an oxygen cylinder at home as directed by a medical practitioner) | |
| CPAP/BiPAP (A CPAP or BiPAP machine helps to keep the child’s airway open by providing a flow of air at pressure, usually through a mask fitted firmly to the face) | |
| NO ‑ Go to next question | |