A 25-year-old woman has been kicked in the face by a horse and arrives at a rural base hospital unconscious with extensive facial trauma and partial airway obstruction.
She is tachycardic, hypotensive, GCS 3 and hypoxic. Oral intubation is not possible because of deranged anatomy, tongue swelling, blood and debris.
Discuss cannula versus surgical cricothyroidotomy in this situation.
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Describe how to oxygenate using a 14G luer-lock cannula, three-way tap and wall oxygen.
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List six complications of percutaneous transtracheal ventilation.
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