Advice on VENTILATOR-bound COPD patient PLEASE????

it is possible to eat after a tracheotomy, there are many factors that will effect this, things like how well the patient is awake, sometimes nurses give meds that make a patient sleepy/sedated the patient will be evaluated most likely by a speech therapist, who can see with a simple food dye if the patient is swallowing and not risking it getting into their lungs. which could cause problems.the trach willl have a special cap for when they eat. the tube if placed sounds like it would be temporarily. which isnt uncommon , patients need nutrition in order to heal. Hope this helps