RT Book, Section
A1 Michelson, Kelly
A2 Goodman, Denise M.
A2 Green, Thomas P.
A2 Unti, Sharon M.
A2 Powell, Elizabeth C.
SR Print(0)
ID 7002344
T1 Chapter 5. Cricothyrotomy
T2 Current Procedures: Pediatrics
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145908-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7002344
RD 2024/04/23
AB •  Patients  who  cannot  be  adequately  oxygenated  or  ventilated  using  bag-mask  ventilation.•  Patients  in  whom  it  is  impossible  to  establish  an  airway  via  oral  or  nasal  endotracheal  intubation  due  to  any  of  the  following:•  Bleeding  from  upper  airway  structures.•  Massive  emesis.•  Masseter  spasm.•  Spasm  of  the  larynx  or  pharynx.•  Laryngeal  stenosis.•  Structural  deformities  of  the  upper  airway.•  To  avoid  delay  in  airway  control  in  patients  with  upper  airway  obstruction,  thus  preventing  or  shortening  periods  of  anoxia.•  Patients  with  maxillofacial  trauma,  laryngeal  trauma  (except  for  tracheal  transection),  and  unstable  cervical  spine  fractures  to  minimize  movement  of  the  neck.•  An  elective  situation  when  a  patient  is  undergoing  surgery  of  the  head,  face,  or  neck.