Insertion aid

Device for inserting a tracheostomy tube, comprising a guide element and a dilator, wherein the dilator is tubular and the guide element can be introduced into the dilator at least in sections, wherein the guide element is directly in contact with a shield, said shield having a tip and a shield wall and a base, wherein the guide element passes along an axis of the shield and of the tip of the shield, and the shield in the area of the tip is securely connected to the guide element and wherein the shield has a first and a second state and wherein the shield in the first state has a conical shape and in the second state is deformed compared with this conical shape, characterized in that the guide element has a first securing means and the dilator has a corresponding second securing means, whereby the guide element can be detachably connected by positive locking to the dilator in a position in which a distal end of the dilator is engaged with an inner surface of the shield when the shield is in the first state.