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- noun surgery An
incision made through theskin andcricothyroid membrane to establish apatent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body,angioedema , or massivefacial trauma .
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Examples
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Because of the copious secretions, orotracheal intubation was impossible, and a needle cricothyrotomy was performed successfully.
Vanishing Acts Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2005
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Because of the copious secretions, orotracheal intubation was impossible, and a needle cricothyrotomy was performed successfully.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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Because of the copious secretions, orotracheal intubation was impossible, and a needle cricothyrotomy was performed successfully.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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Because of the copious secretions, orotracheal intubation was impossible, and a needle cricothyrotomy was performed successfully.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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Although FDA approval is pending, the new CRIC Kit is expected to provide significant improvements in speed, efficacy and safety to the life-saving medical procedure of cricothyrotomy.
Medgadget 2009
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Although FDA approval is pending, the new CRIC Kit is expected to provide significant improvements in speed, efficacy and safety to the life-saving medical procedure of cricothyrotomy.
Medgadget 2009
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When injury of a significant proportion is sustained during the war, soldiers are often subjected to open surgical cricothyrotomy instead of intubation.
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I had the nurse go dust off the cricothyrotomy tray and put it at the patient's bedside.
WhiteCoat Rants 2008
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I had the nurse go dust off the cricothyrotomy tray and put it at the patient's bedside.
WhiteCoat Rants 2008
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I had the nurse go dust off the cricothyrotomy tray and put it at the patient's bedside.
WhiteCoat Rants 2008
chained_bear commented on the word cricothyrotomy
Usage on cricothrotomy??
January 28, 2010