Scalpel Finger Bougie Cricothyrotomy Flash Card 2017 v 4.2 HT @emcrit input and HT @EmICUcanada for inspiration and shoutout 🙂 pic.twitter.com/aUu4rzglwi

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) January 13, 2017

The @StMikesHospital bougie cric kit, in its wall-hanging glory @PHannam123 @CatStepCatStep @petrosoniak @TBayEDguy pic.twitter.com/cbCdAKcpri

— Christopher Hicks (@HumanFact0rz) January 29, 2016

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Bloody cric trainer/sim

On January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 By Yen ChowIn Surgical airway4 Comments

Collection of resources and ideas for surgical airway front of neck access trainer/simulation. Contact me to chat about it if you wish further details. Follow me on twitter @TBayEDguy and we will direct message to chat.

@petrosoniak @jameslhuffman @SSeadon @ketaminh @ryan_radford Can't wait to see your bloody cric model! https://t.co/MYXt92R157

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) January 25, 2017

adds "stress innoc" … exposes pitfalls, adds distractions, practice nontech to tech https://t.co/jhZV8xyfIp

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) January 25, 2017

Ideas

Next time I do it, I would place the tubing within the foam (tissue) eg sandwich it@mededgene @petrosoniak @EmICUcanada

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) January 25, 2017

Working on a #3Dprinted Cric trainer with Lifeguard buddy @ryan_radford pic.twitter.com/61gy1J2f9c

— Gene Benoit (@mededgene) January 25, 2017

Cadaver Study Novice Cricothyrotomy via Scalpel-Finger-Hook-Shiley vs. Melker vs. QuickTrach

On August 9, 2016 By Yen ChowIn Surgical airway1 Comment

Perioperative Medicine | August 2016

Emergency Cricothyrotomy Performed by Surgical Airway–naive Medical Personnel: A Randomized Crossover Study in Cadavers Comparing Three Commonly Used Techniques

Frédéric Heymans, M.D.; Georg Feigl, M.D.; Stephan Graber, M.D.; Delphine S. Courvoisier, Ph.D.; Kerstin M. Weber, M.D.; Pavel Dulguerov, M.D.

Success rates (P = 0.025)

Surgical cricothyrotomy 95%,

QuickTrach 55%

Melker 50%

The majority of failures were due to cannula misplacement (15 of 20).

Few significant complications were found in successful procedures. No cadaver biometric parameters were correlated with success of the procedure.

Mean procedure time in successes (P < 0.001)

Surgical cricothyrotomy 94 ± 35 s

QuickTrach II 77 ± 34 s

Melker 149 ± 24 s .

Revisiting surgical cricothyroidotomy, study compares effectiveness of 3 techniques. #airwaymanagement #emergency https://t.co/62f0hmo8m8

— Anesthesiology (@_Anesthesiology) August 8, 2016

http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=2528137

Heymans et al, Emerg Cric Naive Cadavers Three Techniques, Periop Med 2016

via and thanks to Mohammed Asiri

@TBayEDguy surg airway vertical-stab CTM-finger- HOOK-TT (no bougie ). superior to 2 other methods.thoughts? https://t.co/ndmsGE60Tg

— Mohammed Mar'ae Asiri (@Asiritrauma1) August 8, 2016

Surgical airway training: technical and nontechnical skills and trainers

On August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 By Yen ChowIn Communication, Surgical airway, Teamwork5 Comments

Procedures that are high acuity, high stakes, time sensitive and low in frequency like the surgical airway require repeated training in both the technical and nontechnical aspects.

Verbalizing Cric Training Scalpel Bougie Finger Tube - Yen Chow

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