Table 2.
Emergency cricothyrotomy methods included in this review with abbreviations used for the individual techniques
| 1. Kits based upon the Seldinger guidewire technique | |
| Arnd |
Arndt emergency cricothyrotomy catheter set |
| Mlkr |
Melker emergency cricothyrotomy set |
| Mini |
Minitrach II |
| 2. Kits not based upon the Seldinger guidewire technique | |
| Airf |
Airfree |
| Pati |
Patil’s airway |
| Pert |
Pertrach |
| PCK |
Portex cricothyrotomy Kit (PCK™) |
| QT1 |
QuickTrach 1 cricothyrotomy device |
| QT2 |
QuickTrach 2 cricothyrotomy device |
| Trqu |
TracheoQuick |
| 3. Open, surgical techniques | |
| Surg |
Varieties of the surgical technique |
| Bair |
The “Bair claw” device |
| RFST |
Rapid four-step-technique |
| BACT |
Bougie-assisted cricothyrotomy |
| Csci |
Cricothyrotomy scissors |
| 4. Needle techniques | |
| Need |
Needle cricothyrotomy |
| Trac | Transtracheal airway catheter |