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  • Title: Emergency cricothyrostomy--technique and anatomical considerations.
    Author: Narrod JA, Moore EE, Rosen P.
    Journal: J Emerg Med; 1985; 2(6):443-6. PubMed ID: 4086780.
    Abstract:
    Cricothyrostomy is the procedure of choice for emergency airway control when nasotracheal and endotracheal intubation are not possible or contraindicated. A vertical skin incision followed by a horizontal incision in the cricothyroid membrane are used. A number 6 tracheostomy tube should be used due to the anatomic size of the cricothyroid space. Using this technique, complications are rare.
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