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- Christopher DiGiacomo, Kevin K Neshat, L D George Angus, Kevin Penna, Rory S Sadoff, and Gerald W Shaftan.
- The Long Island Comprehensive Trauma Center, Department of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA.
- Mil Med. 2003 Jul 1;168(7):541-4.
AbstractEmergency cricothyrotomy is a potentially lifesaving surgical procedure used to gain prompt access to an otherwise compromised and inaccessible airway. The purpose of this photoessay is to demonstrate the technique of the procedure in a step-by-step manner so that the physician can perform this intervention with ease and facility in the most stressful of circumstances.
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