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Incision
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If the situation is acute, a hollow needle is inserted into the throat, just below the Adam's apple (cricoid cartilage). This is called a needle cricothyrotomy.
More frequently, a small incision is made in the skin over the cricothyroid membrane, and another incision is made through the membrane between the cricoid and thyroid cartilage.
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