Most providers I've talked to can count the number of cric's they've had in their career on one hand, but they remember every single, bloody detail of theirs, and will continue to do so until the day they die. And I'm not being glib there. The cases that lead to crics are always insanely unique; so unique that writing about any of my examples will surely open the medicolegal Pandora's box from hell. I'll abstain.



Remember your indications, mainly that you cannot oxygenate or ventilate. If you can't get the tube, but you can successfully place something temporary like an LMA, step back for a second. If there's an alternative, take it.



Anyway, just like many other things in medicine, there is more than one way to skin a cat. We will talk of a few, but not all, of the methods here, starting with the most rudimentary.