Emergency cricothyroidotomy: a randomised crossover study of four methods

Emergency cricothyroidotomy: a randomised crossover study of four methods.

Emergency physicians and registrars performed emergency cricothyroidotomy on an artificial airway model using a standard surgical approach and three common commercial products, participants had received no refresher training. The order in which the methods were used was randomised to minimise any learning effect. Three methods (standard surgical, Minitrach II, and Quicktrach) were universally s...

reflections on taught courses of the iranian ma program in english translation: a mixed-methods study

the issue of curriculum and syllabus evaluation and revision has been in center of attention right from when curriculum came into attention of educational institutions. thus everywhere in the world in educational institutions curricula and syllabi are evaluated and revised based on the goals, the needs, existing content, etc.. in iran any curriculum is designed in a committee of specialists and...

Cricothyroidotomy - The emergency surgical airway.

The creation of the emergency surgical airway, the emergency cricothyroidotomy, is the final step in “Cannot ventilate – cannot oxygenate” management guidelines and is a dreaded procedure among junior physicians. Studies have shown that initial attempts to create a surgical airway are often made by an anesthesiologist or a head and neck surgeon. The procedure is a high-risk, low-frequency one t...

Emergency Cricothyroidotomy in Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

Comparison of three cuffed emergency percutaneous cricothyroidotomy devices to conventional surgical cricothyroidotomy in a porcine model.

BACKGROUND Emergency cricothyroidotomy is a potentially life-saving procedure in the 'cannot intubate cannot ventilate (CICV)' scenario. Although surgical cricothyroidotomy remains the technique recommended in many 'CICV' algorithms, the insertion of a tracheostomy as a cannula over a trocar, or using the Seldinger method, may have advantages as they are more familiar to the anaesthetist. We co...