Call it cric, call it surgical airway, call it FONA. Whatever you call it, you need to have the skills and mindset to make it happen at the ready every time you intubate. Every month make an appointment for yourself to practice cric (just like my buddy Sara Gray does).
First, you Need the Model
Head over here and print out a 3D model to have for the rest of your career
Next, Buy Some Gaffer Tape
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One roll will last a LONG time. And trust me, buy the gaffer power brand, some of the knockoff brands really suck.
Then Acquire Some 4x4s and Plastic Bags
I think you know where to find some…
Then, Watch the Video
For More on All Things Cric
Come on over to the EMCrit Cric Page
They made a bleeding model using Laura's Model
Additional New Information
More on EMCrit
- EMCrit Podcast 131 – Cricothyrotomy – Cut to Air: Emergency Surgical Airway(Opens in a new browser tab)
- Das SMACC Cric Station(Opens in a new browser tab)
- EMCrit Wee – An Amazing (Wearable) Cric Trainer from Laura Duggan and the AirwayCollaboration Folks(Opens in a new browser tab)
- EMCrit Podcast 24 – The Cric Show(Opens in a new browser tab)
- EMCrit Cric Page
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Nassau University Medical Center
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Take a workshop to practice this. Anyone can do it. It was invaluable and empowering to have practiced this just weeks ago.
This was a statement recorded in @theairwayapp about a physician’s experience in cricothyrotomy. Practised on this model. Did it within weeks in *very* difficult anatomy.
Practise Practise Practise
This is amazing. here is a slight variation on the proposed build.
After playing with it for a while, and getting slightly frustrated at the disproportionate resistance of the gauze I was using, I’ve switched over to quilt batting. More easily dissected, cheap, easily made to be as thick or thin. Recommend it for everyone to try as an alternative to gauze.