Emergency surgical cricothyroidotomy: 24 successful cases leading to a simple scalpel-finger-tube' method

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dc.contributor.authorPaix, B.
dc.contributor.authorGriggs, W.
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractSurgical airway access justifiably remains the final option for managing the ‘can't intubate can't ventilate’ situation, but available techniques are often complicated and might require special equipment. This paper reports on the real world experience of two experienced Australian medical specialists with backgrounds in Anaesthesia and Aeromedical Retrieval who performed 24 surgical airways, mainly under adverse prehospital conditions, over a combined 40 years of practice. All attempts were successful, the majority through a simple open ‘scalpel–finger–tube’ method, which is described here.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityBruce R Paix and William M Griggs
dc.identifier.citationEmergency Medicine Australasia, 2012; 24(1):23-30
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01510.x
dc.identifier.issn1742-6731
dc.identifier.issn1742-6723
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/76131
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBlackwell Science Asia Pty Ltd
dc.rights© 2011 The Authors
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01510.x
dc.subjectairway management
dc.subjectintubation intra-tracheal
dc.subjecttracheostomy
dc.titleEmergency surgical cricothyroidotomy: 24 successful cases leading to a simple scalpel-finger-tube' method
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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