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‘F-1 Pit crew’ multidisciplinary theatre team emergency front-of-neck access training programme

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: Emergency surgical cricothyroidotomy (SCT) is rarely performed and often associated with a poor outcome.1 The need for improvements in both SCT and human factors training has been proposed, with F-1 motor racing pit crews as the paradigm. Since 2016, the anaesthetic department at Liverpool Head and Neck Centre (LHNC) has delivered a biannual package of multidisciplinary team (MDT) ‘can’t intubate can’t oxygenate’ (CICO)/SCT training informed by sports psychology, which we believe meets this aspiration.

Source: BJA Open

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100333

Authors: Tamryn Miller, Clare Buffery, Tom Miller, Peter Groom

Institution: Aintree University Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Airway Management and Intubation Techniques

Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,870