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

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Paix, Bruce R ^a   Griggs, William M ^a  

^a MedSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway management; Intubation intra tracheal; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SCALPEL; SCALPEL FINGER TUBE METHOD; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AUSTRALIA; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84856789917     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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