A 55-year-old man on ICU requires intubation. He has a known difficult airway (Mallampati 4, restricted neck extension, BMI 45). The anaesthetic team ...

Question

A 55-year-old man on ICU requires intubation. He has a known difficult airway (Mallampati 4, restricted neck extension, BMI 45). The anaesthetic team prepares for a potential 'can't intubate, can't oxygenate' (CICO) scenario. According to DAS 2015, what is the recommended emergency surgical airway technique in a CICO situation?

Accepted Answer

Emergency front-of-neck access (eFONA) - scalpel cricothyroidotomy using a scalpel-bougie-tube technique through the cricothyroid membrane

Answer

Percutaneous needle cricothyroidotomy only

Answer

Emergency tracheostomy

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Retrograde intubation

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Jet ventilation only

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): CICO - Emergency Surgical Airway