Outcomes of patients with spinal cord injury before and after introduction of an interdisciplinary tracheostomy team.

Objectives: To assess outcomes in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and a tracheostomy tube (TT), before and after the introduction of a tracheostomy review and management service (TRAMS) for ward-based patients.

Design: Matched-pairs design with two cohorts, before and after the intervention.

Setting: 900-bed tertiary hospital in Melbourne, Victoria.