A Laboratory Comparison of Emergency Percutaneous and Surgical Cricothyrotomy by Prehospital Personnel

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 424-426

  Keane, Michelle Fischer ^a,b   Brinsfield, Kathryn H ^a   Dyer, K Sophia ^a   Roy, Simon ^a   White, Daniel ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; cricothyrotomy; percutaneous; surgical

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 4644237193     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. A.E. Bair, E.A. Panacek, D.H. Wisner, R. Bales, and J.C. Sakles Cricothyrotomy: a 5-year experience at one institution J Emerg Med 24 2003 151 156
2. J.L. Falk, and M.R. Sayre Confirmation of airway placement Prehosp Emerg Care 3 1999 273 278
3. H.E. Wang, T.A. Sweeney, R.E. O'Connor, and H. Rubinstein Failed prehospital intubations: an analysis of emergency department courses and outcomes Prehosp Emerg Care 5 2001 134 141
4. H.E. Wang, D.F. Kupas, P.M. Paris, R.R. Bates, J.P. Costantino, and D.M. Yealy Multivariate predictors of failed prehospital endotracheal intubation Acad Emerg Med 10 2003 717 724
5. B. Rocca, E. Crosby, J. Maloney, and G. Bryson An assessment of paramedic performance during invasive airway management Prehosp Emerg Care 4 2000 164 167
6. E.G. Marcolini, J.H. Burton, J.R. Bradshaw, and M.R. Baumann A standing-order protocol for cricothyrotomy in prehospital emergency patients Prehosp Emerg Care 8 2004 23 28
7. P. Dulguerov, C. Gysin, T. Perneger, and J.C. Chevrolet Percutaneous or surgical tracheostomy: a meta-analysis Crit Care Med 27 1999 1617 1625
8. I. Jones, and K. Roberts Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. To stab or slash: the percutaneous dilatation or standard surgical approach to cricothyrotomy in prehospital care Emerg Med J 19 2002 434
9. J.S. Graham, R.H. Mulloy, F. Southerland, and S. Rose Percutaneous versus open tracheostomy: a retrospective cohort outcome study J Trauma 41 1996 245 250
10. J.F. Holmes, E.A. Panacek, J.C. Sakles, and B.T. Brofelt Comparison of 2 cricothyrotomy techniques: standard method versus rapid 4-step technique Ann Emerg Med 32 1998 442 446
11. Y. Friedman, and B.A. Mizock Percutaneous versus surgical tracheostomy. Procedure of choice or choice of procedure? Crit Care Med 27 1999 1684 1685
12. Y. Friedman, J. Fildes, and B. Mizock Comparison of percutaneous and surgical tracheostomies Chest 110 1996 480 485
13. T.C. Chan, G.M. Vilke, and K.J. Bramwell Comparison of wire-guided cricothyrotomy versus standard surgical cricothyrotomy technique J Emerg Med 17 1999 957 962
14. K.J. Robinson, R. Katz, and L.M. Jacobs A 12-year experience with prehospital cricothyrotomies Air Med J 20 6 2001 27 30
15. D.R. Johnson, A. Dunlap, P. McFeeley, J. Gaffney, and B. Busick Cricothyrotomy performed by prehospital personnel: a comparison of two techniques in a human cadaver model Am J Emerg Med 11 1993 207 209
16. H.A. McLure, D.P. Dob, M. Mannan, and N. Soni A laboratory comparison of two techniques of emergency percutaneous tracheostomy Anaesthesia 52 1997 1199 1201