Needle cricothyroidotomy
Last modified: 01 February 2023, 3:11:31 PM AEDT
Also1 / 3
- Emergency cannula cricothyroidotomy
- "Needle cric"
Points2 / 3
- Not ideal
- wrong position / cannula is easily displaced
- massive surgical emphysema
- hypoxia
- small bore
- oxygenation only
- does not ventilate lungs, pCO2 builds up
- Needs O2 source to insufflate
- Eventual conversion to tracheostomy
- Merkel kit
Technique3 / 3
- Needle faces caudally
- Attach 5mL syringe with water to syringe
- Insert whilst aspirating
- bubbles when trachea (with air) is reached