Attributed to some joker on Twitter
Thanks to all 208 participants of the online survey!
Mostly emergency physicians from Pacific but a significant proportion of anaesthetists too!
Overall it looks like a dead even tie but if you read the 24 open comments (which constitute the “OTHER” group in the final yes/no question on cricoid pressure) you will see that the YES to CRICOID PRESSURE group in fact takes the lead…mainly due to medico legal reasons.
MYTH = CRICOID PRESSURE IS DEAD
MYTH BUSTED!
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ketaminh
ntrueger
Yen Chow
lots of Aussie respondents…
Thanks Minh
Interested to see response broken down into Aus vs NA vs UK vs W.Europe
Also interested to see response broken down by Emerg vs Anesth
Not the result I was expecting. However on reading the ‘Other’ section it appears that perhaps cric pressure has only the appearance of being alive and well. “I don’t use it but chart that I do” “Sometimes, if the Dr asks for it” “Yes but not in any belief that it works”
It seems to me that the zombie corpse of cricoid pressure is staggering along moaning loudly due to tradition, fear or apathy rather than any real expectation of benefit.
“Zombie corpse of cricoid pressure”
I can feel a new meme coming on…
Meanwhile, of those who stated ‘no’ – would you be happy to stand up in Court and defend non-use?
I think I will remain in the ‘put it on for form’s sake, then remove if view difficult’ camp
wimp!