Take your paddle (bougie) up the creek!

Monday, December 23rd, 2019 | Rory | No Comments

Up the creek with a paddle!

Johnston TM, Davis PJ. The occasional bougie-assisted cricothyroidotomy. Can J Rural Med [serial online] 2020 [cited 2019 Dec 23];25:41-8. Available from: http://www.cjrm.ca/text.asp?2020/25/1/41/273534

Hopefully not a very frequently required procedure but a nice, easy to follow description – for when the time comes on the side of road or in hospital.

You can download the ‘blueprint’ and  print a 3D larynx to practice on. 

open access (html version – pay for PDF).