{"id":"35ab1f82-e0ef-44de-8964-f2e80c88593c","title":"A Comparison of Two Open Surgical Cricothyroidotomy Techniques by Military Medics Using a Cadaver Model","chapterNumber":7,"elements":[{"id":"1108610f-0554-44ec-aa9e-5bf5bcace4d9","type":"html","fileName":"1108610f-0554-44ec-aa9e-5bf5bcace4d9.html"},{"id":"9eb8fb8b-6c13-4624-adc3-bdde5c64b1b4","type":"panel","label":"Description with Key Points","comment":"<p>The CricKey is a novel surgical cricothyroidotomy device combining the functions of a tracheal hook, stylet, dilator, and bougie incorporated with a Melker airway cannula. This study compares surgical cricothyroidotomy with standard open surgical versus Cric Key technique</p><p>Participants included US Army combat medics credentialed at the emergency medical technician–basic level. &nbsp;After a brief anatomy review and demonstration, 15 military medics with minimal training performed in random order standard open surgical cricothyroidotomy and CricKey surgical cricothyroidotomy on cadavers.&nbsp; Compared with the standard open surgical cricothyroidotomy technique, military medics demonstrated faster insertion with the CricKey. First-pass success was notsigniﬁcantly different between the techniques.</p>"},{"id":"6419a7c7-4cd4-4523-b192-e8489f7ca0b7","type":"image","label":"Key Graphic","fileName":"d4472750-be30-4281-9f3e-da0003db4430.png","mediaId":"d4472750-be30-4281-9f3e-da0003db4430","extension":"png","contentUri":"https://learning-media.allogy.com/api/v1/images/d4472750-be30-4281-9f3e-da0003db4430/contents"},{"id":"40ce831a-ad9e-443a-9187-caaa3c36e3fd","type":"pdf","label":"A Comparison of Two Open Surgical Cricothyroidotomy Techniques by Military Medics Using a Cadaver Model","fileName":"db8eb51e-ba65-4a64-9ea7-92c33f12902e.pdf","mediaId":"db8eb51e-ba65-4a64-9ea7-92c33f12902e","extension":"pdf","thumbnailFileName":"db8eb51e-ba65-4a64-9ea7-92c33f12902e-00001.png","contentUri":"https://learning-media.allogy.com/api/v1/pdf/db8eb51e-ba65-4a64-9ea7-92c33f12902e/contents"},{"id":"8a1a9505-26ee-4ee7-80f5-3aa6c68c288b","type":"html","fileName":"8a1a9505-26ee-4ee7-80f5-3aa6c68c288b.html"},{"id":"2688f9b7-3c28-4a99-9144-b904c9f716b0","type":"blockList","items":[{"label":"Medics were able to insert the CricKey in significantly less time (34 sec vs 65 sec.)"},{"label":"Though not statistically significant, there were three failures with the open surgical technique, and none with the CricKey."},{"label":"Under test conditions, medics were faster and more successful using the CricKey technique compared to the open surgical technique."}]}]}