Episode 111: Tracheostomies, Cricothyrotomies and ENT surgery with Dr. Zandy Hillel
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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How to Do a Cricothyronomy in an Emergency Situation
There's some papers recently in the past few years that kind of advocate for not doing it that way. When I was a resident, I was taught to do essentially a cell dinger technique with a needle, then a wire, then a dilator. So yeah, usually- Or I guess I should say, crikes. Well, so to me, a crike is truly an emergency. You probably have, you know, some small number of minutes or less than a minute to get an airway in. And it is- I don't rely on a kit. I would ask for a knife or hopefully we've anticipated that this may end up at the last step in the difficult
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