Practicals · Emergency Medicine · Airway
Cricothyroidotomy (surgical and needle)
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- 5 (NMC); 1 (DNB)
- Also called
- needle cricothyrotomy, surgical cricothyroidotomy
Videos and resources
- VideoHow to: Emergency Surgical Cricothyrotomy19:16
- VideoCricothyroidotomy - J. Blake Golden, MD, FACS10:32
- +66 more links
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Operative note template
How to write the operative note in the case sheet: blank template, worked example and printable PDF (free).
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Surgical and needle cricothyroidotomy (5)” ( NMC curriculum, page 13)
“Emergency cricothyroidotomy- 1” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 10)