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ArticleFrontiers in disaster and emergency medicine2026

Training for pediatric cannot intubate cannot oxygenate: surgical airway should replace needle cricothyrotomy.

Allison M B Lehman, Paul Amstutz, Jackson E Moore, Matthew Johnson, Christopher Obersteadt, Dominique Williams, Mary J Waxman, Morgan Blubaugh, Anaya Parikh, Timothy R Walsh and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in disaster and emergency medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

14 authors.

Allison M B LehmanUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Paul AmstutzMayo Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States.
Jackson E MooreUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Matthew JohnsonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Christopher ObersteadtDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Dominique WilliamsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, United States.
Mary J WaxmanUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Morgan BlubaughUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Anaya ParikhUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Timothy R WalshDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Daniel E BrueggerDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Shawn B SoodDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Adrienne N MalikDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Andrew PirotteDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.

Funding

CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32HL110837 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI JOHN A SPERTUS · 2012 to 2026
$5.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL110837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Failed pediatric endotracheal intubation, prompting surgical airway management via emergency front of neck access (eFONA), is an intrinsically challenging topic. While rare, all emergency airway providers must be equipped to handle these complex clinical scenarios, both through initial training and maintenance of competency. Needle cricothyrotomy is a commonly taught method in cannot intubate cannot oxygenate (CICO) scenarios for children under age eight. However, needle cricothyrotomy is technically difficult, profoundly rare, and maintaining competency is a challenge. From a multidisciplinary perspective, we examine the utility of continuing to teach needle cricothyrotomy and explore alternatives. This project group suggests that pediatric eFONA training across disciplines should focus on surgical tracheotomy rather than needle cricothyrotomy, with consideration given to specialty-specific human performance factors.

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airwayCICOcricothyrotomyemergency front of neck accessintubationpediatric airway emergencypediatric intubationsurgical airway

Identifiers

PMID41928873
PMCPMC13042194

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