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CCP Podcast 010: Cricoid Pressure: Do it? Do it right? Or don’t do it at all?
23 Jan 2019
Cricoid pressure is the application of backwards pressure on the cricoid cartilage to occlude the oesophagus. Originally described by Sellick in 1961, he described how pressure applied at the level of the 5th cervical vertebrae obstructed the lumen of the oesophagus. This manoeuvre is performed to minimise the risk of gastric aspiration should the patient […] The post CCP Podcast 010: Cricoid Pressure: Do it? Do it right? Or don’t do it at all? appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.
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