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Figure 1: A 19-year-old Afghan man sustained extensive facial injuries and lost parts of his left forearm and left lower leg after a blast from an improvised explosive device, causing extensive soft tissue, neurovascular and bone injury. A medic performed an open surgical cricothyrotomy to secure the man's airway.
Figure 2: Surface landmarks for performing cricothyrotomy.
Figure 3: Surgical anatomy for cricothyrotomy. Reproduced with permission from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Walls RM et al.6) © 2000.
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