RT Book, Section
A1 Boland, Charles
A1 Nasr, Ned F.
A1 Voronov, Gennadiy G.
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159795584
T1 Cricothyroidotomy
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159795584
RD 2024/09/16
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