Clinical Trial: Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane

Brief Summary: After a structured teaching program anaesthetists are educated in identifying the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to do so is compared with their ability to do so with palpation. In an obese volunteer