Hi, I just did my first cricothyrotomy and I REALLY want to thank you Dr Weingart for posting this video, and I also want to thank Dr Braude for his MUST READ book “Rapid Sequence Intubation and Rapid Sequence Airway: An Airway 911 Guide” and Dr Billy Melon for the cric hands-on practice session at the last Essentials! To make a long story short, I had to go on the floors this evening to evaluate a patient who had develop an hoarse voice and a progressive stridor over the day (god knows why for now except that he was extubated 7 days earlier?). I decided to try and intubate him sooner than later. I knew this was going to be a tough intubation, with this clinical presentation, so I marked the skin with my Industrial Sharpie pen (thanks again Dr Weingart) as I asked the staff to take the patient downstair where my staff and equipment is better suited for what was to come. We did it RSI and with the Glidescope to give me all the best chances, but as I feared no cords were there to see. I had no other choice but to go with what I… Read more »