Surgical Cricothyroidotomy
Surgical Cricothyroidotomy; open procedure performed to secure the airway via an incision in the cricothyroid membrane - aka emergency surgical airway (ESA)
Tag Cricothyrotomy
So maybe you can use that for a wilderness airway
We’re going to have to talk about the improvised wilderness airway. Improvised Cricothyrotomy on a Mountain Using Hiking Gear.
a difficult airway…
The Case. The ‘Batphone’ alerted us of a 68 year old female who is postictal following two seizures in rapid succession. She has a history of ‘a brain tumour’. P 120. BP 176 systolic !! GCS 8 Afebrile. Sats 98%…