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Aug 2020
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Episode 23 - Surgical Cricothyroidotomy:...

DR. DENNIS KIM
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Knife. Finger. Tube. Sounds simple enough. And you read correctly....a bougie is both unnecessary and superfluous! In this episode I share you some tricks of the trade for performing a cric successfully, together with post-surgical airway considerations including hemorrhage control and the decision to convert to a formal tracheostomy.

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