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Emergency Airway Products


Melker Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Surgical

Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed.

Features and benefits

  • This comprehensive and compact set provides you with everything you need.
  • Airway access is achieved by using the surgical technique via the cricothyroid membrane.
  • The surgical set is supplied in a compact package for easy storage.
  • The airway catheter is cuffed to protect and control the airway after it is placed.

Melker Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Seldinger

Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed.

Features and benefits

  • Airway access is achieved by using the Seldinger technique via the cricothyroid membrane.
  • The airway catheter is cuffed to protect and control the airway after it is placed.

Melker Universal Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Seldinger/Surgical

Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed.

Features and benefits

  • The universal set provides all the components you need in one package to perform a cricothyrotomy with either the Seldinger or the surgical technique.
  • The airway catheter is cuffed to protect and control the airway after it is placed.

Melker Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Seldinger

Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed.

Features and benefits

  • Airway access is achieved by using the Seldinger technique via the cricothyroid membrane.
  • The uncuffed airway catheter comes in a variety of sizes.

Melker Emergency Special-Operations Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Seldinger

Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed.

Features and benefits

  • Supplied in a slip-peel pouch for easy transportation.
  • The dilators are preinserted into the airway catheters for quick access.
  • Uses the Seldinger technique via the cricothyroid membrane for less invasive access.
  • The special-operations set includes two introducer needles, 5 cm and 7 cm long, to address a variety of patient anatomies.
  • The Melker Emergency Cuffed Cricothyrotomy Catheter is cuffed to protect and control the airway after it is placed. The set with the uncuffed catheter comes with two airway catheter size options.

Emergency Transtracheal Airway Catheter

Intended for emergency airway access when conventional endotracheal intubation cannot be performed.

Features and benefits

  • The catheter is coil reinforced to prevent kinking.

Cook’s comprehensive product offerings also cover intubation, airway exchange, and extubation.

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