@article{Shabbir Bukhari_Aslam_Riaz_Abbas_Raza_Fareed_2021, title={ENT SURGEONS AS MASTER TRAINERS OF CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY WILL SAVE PRECIOUS LIVES IN EMERGENCIES}, volume={71}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/7926}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v71iSuppl-3.7926}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To train young doctors and paramedical staff on needle cricothyroidotomy and surgical cricothyroidotomy and provision of kits in trauma centers, main operation theatres and medical reception centers of the hospitals.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Quasi experimental study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Combined Military Hospital Peshawar and Pakistan Naval Ship Shifa, Karachi Pakistan, from Nov 2017 to Oct 2020.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> Doctors and paramedical staff were selected on volunteer basis. Small groups were trained in 2-3hours. The participants were shown two videos of two procedures in Urdu language first and then were trained on mannequin.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 345 participants including 205 males and 140 females were trained with mean age was 28.2667 ± 6.24 (SD) years. Out of 61 residents, 54 medical officers, 143 house officers, 35 nurses and 52 paramedical staff were participants.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> ENT surgeons must arrange mannequins and conduct training sessions of small groups after every 1 to 2 months.</p>}, number={Suppl-3}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Shabbir Bukhari, Syed Muhammad Asad and Aslam, Sohail and Riaz, Naeem and Abbas, Asim and Raza, Maqbool and Fareed, Ghulam}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={S504–07} }