Trauma ICU Rounds
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Trauma ICU Rounds
Episode 23 - Surgical Cricothyroidotomy: How I Do It
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Dr. Dennis Kim
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Season 1
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Knife. Finger. Tube. Sounds simple enough. And you read correctly....a bougie is both unnecessary and superfluous! In this episode I share you some tricks of the trade for performing a cric successfully, together with post-surgical airway considerations including hemorrhage control and the decision to convert to a formal tracheostomy.