KEITH B. TAYLOR
Global Scholars Program at Northumbria University
ANATOMY
Prevalence of Midline Vasculature in the Neck: The Role of Ultrasound in Identifying Midline Vasculature Relevant to Cricothyrotomy and Tracheostomy.
JACKSON, Tatum1,Ololade Akinfemiwa1, Isabella Graham1, Oyindamola Tunde-Byass1, James Coey1,2 and Sara Sulaiman3.
1St. George’s International School of Medicine Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
2Department of Anatomy, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.
3Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
Transverse/short-axis ultrasound image at the level of inferior aspect of the thyroid isthmus. Vasculature was identified as a hypoechoic compressible structure.
Transverse/short-axis ultrasound image at the level of at the Superior border of the Cricoid Cartilage. Vasculature was identified as a hypoechoic compressible structure.
Transverse/short-axis ultrasound image at the level of Inferior border of the thyroid cartilage. Vasculature was identified as a hypoechoic compressible structure.