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Clinical Applications


Cricothyrotomy

  • Gray's Anatomy for Students: 536, 541, 543

  • Netter: 78, 83

Clinical Application

Procedure creates an emergent airway through the cricothyroid membrane.

Anatomic Landmarks ( Figs. VIII.1 and VIII.2 )

  • Palpation of midline structures

    • Hyoid cartilage

    • Thyroid cartilage

    • Cricoid cartilage

  • Skin/subcutaneous tissue

    • Cricothyroid arteries and small veins (may traverse the cricothyroid membrane)

    • Cricothyroid membrane

Fig. VIII.1

Fig. VIII.2

Tracheal Intubation

  • Gray's Anatomy for Students: 552, 553, 560

  • Netter: 68, 75, 77–79

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