Delliberate Practice: Scalpel-Finger-Bougie Cric: critical skill for anyone managing emergency airways
Steps:
1) Large vertical incision over midline
2) Palpate cricothyroid membrane w/ finger of nondominant hand (blind procedure)
3) Place scalpel through membrane, drag laterally, flip and drag laterally
4) Scalpel out, finger in
5) Bougie in guided by finger
6) 6-0 ETT over bougie
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