Simulation of Adult Surgical Cricothyrotomy for Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine Residents: Adapted for COVID-19

• Main Authors: Mathieu Asselin (Author), Alexandre Lafleur (Author), Pascal Labrecque (Author), Hélène Pellerin (Author), Marie-Hélène Tremblay (Author), Gilles Chiniara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction In a CICO (cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate) situation, anesthesiologists and acute care physicians must be able to perform an emergency surgical cricothyrotomy (front-of-neck airway procedure). CICOs are high-acuity situations with rare opportunities for safe practice. In COVID-19 air...