Critical care paramedics' experiences of performing an emergency scalpel cricothyroidotomy: a qualitative study
Aldred, Duncan Durham, Mark Prokop, Nora Balderston, Gary Crabb, Richard Crouch, Paul Pike, Lewis Children, John McBride, Andy Heywood, Adam
Aldred, Duncan
Durham, Mark
Prokop, Nora
Balderston, Gary
Crabb, Richard
Crouch, Paul
Pike, Lewis
Children, John
McBride, Andy
Heywood, Adam
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Abstract
A scalpel cricothyroidotomy or front of neck access (FONA) is a rarely performed part of airway management for when other steps have failed and the patient cannot be intubated or ventilated. Increasingly advanced and specialist paramedics are being trained to perform this procedure within the pre-hospital environment.
Abstract published with permission.