How to Perform a Cricothyroidomy With Ultrasound

You can also use POCUS to perform cricothyroidomy. This is an intimidating procedure at the best of times so I'm happy to get any tips on how to make it a little bit easier. You're actually going to place the transducer anterior across the neck in a transverse plane and you're going to identify the thyroid cartilage which has a triangular shape appearance. Studies have shown that ultrasound is more accurate than the landmark based technique and can be performed in less than 30 seconds.