title: Percutaneous transtracheal needle insufflation: A useful emergency airway adjunct simply constructed from common items found on your anesthesia cart.
abstract: Using material already available in the operating room, we describe the construction and application of a percutaneous transtracheal needle insufflation device to be used in pediatric airway emergencies. Our technique of percutaneous needle insufflation using common materials found in the operating room can be a helpful adjunct in a time of need. Quickly constructed and at a minimal cost, the device can be just one of the many useful tools found in the otolaryngologist's airway armamentarium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. thomas.q.gallagher@med.navy.mil
authors.forename: Thomas Q
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Setlur
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maturo
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hartnick
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007327:Insufflation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009339:Needles; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*