RT Book, Section
A1 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 57702520
T1 Chapter 25. Cricothyroidotomy
T2 Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-161352-1
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57702520
RD 2024/04/19
AB Establishment  of  an  airway  is  of  prime  importance  to  survival.  The  most  predictive  factor  of  survival  from  cardiac  arrest  is  establishment  of  an  airway.1  Unfortunately,  the  Emergency  Physician  is  occasionally  confronted  with  an  airway  that  is  extremely  difficult  or  even  impossible  to  obtain  by  endotracheal  intubation.  Between  1%  and  4%  of  all  emergent  airways  require  a  cricothyroidotomy.2–5  Up  to  7%  of  trauma  patients  who  present  in  cardiopulmonary  arrest  will  require  a  cricothyroidotomy.3