TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cricothyroidotomy A1 - Boland, Charles A1 - Nasr, Ned F. A1 - Voronov, Gennadiy G. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Establishment of an airway is imperative to patient survival.1 The most predictive factor of survival from cardiac arrest is establishment of an airway.2 The Emergency Physician is occasionally confronted with an airway that is extremely difficult or even impossible to obtain by endotracheal intubation.3 Up to 4% of all emergent airways require a cricothyroidotomy.4-8 Up to 7% of trauma patients who present in cardiopulmonary arrest will require a cricothyroidotomy.6 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159795584 ER -