PRO & CON: jet ventilation/needle cric.

[Ivan Hronek]

Question to all: in the trauma bay for patients who are not intubatable for any reason
the setup forjet ventilation to be able to utilize needle cricothyrotomy:
PRO 
IS necessary, because any additional method to ventilate is worth the expense...CON
is NOT necessary, as surgical airway such as cricothyrotomy 
is more definitive and should be doable just as well...

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I wish jet ventilation was available in my institution also because ....

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Thanks for the answers !
Ivan Hronek MD
SFMC, Los Angeles
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