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  • Title: [Prehospital cricothyrotomy: a case report].
    Author: Battefort F, Bounes V, Pulcini M, Houze-Cerfon CH, Ducassé JL.
    Journal: Ann Fr Anesth Reanim; 2007 Feb; 26(2):171-3. PubMed ID: 17174062.
    Abstract:
    Case report of a patient with tonsillitis treated with anti-inflammatory. The patient presented a dyspnoea and finally a cardiac arrest. The oral intubation was impossible and cricothyrotomy had to be performed with a catheter over needle technique. We found a total airway obstruction due to an epiglottis abscess. The patient died few days later of sepsis. We recommend having wire-guided cricothyrotomy technique or catheter-over-needle technique in all prehospital emergency unit and having emergency physician trained to the cricothyrotomy technique.
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