Comparison of a percutaneous device and the bougie-assisted surgical technique for emergency cricothyrotomy: an experimental study on a porcine model performed by air ambulance anaesthesiologists

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26 July 2013

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Published by Springer Nature in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Vol. 21 (1) , 59
DOI:10.1186/1757-7241-21-59
PMID:23890359
PMCID:PMC3727957

Abstract

A large number of techniques and devices for cricothyroidotomy have been developed. In this study, the Portex™ Cricothyroidotomy Kit (PCK, Smiths Medical Ltd, Hythe, UK) was compared with the bougie assisted emergency surgical cricothyrotomy technique (BACT).

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