TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cricothyrotomy A1 - Launcelott, Gordon O. A1 - Johnson, Liane B. A1 - Wong, David T. A1 - Hung, Orlando R. A2 - Hung, Orlando R. A2 - Murphy, Michael F. PY - 2017 T2 - Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e AB - In 1799, as George Washington lay dying of life threatening upper airway obstruction, one of his physicians, Elisha Cullen Dick, argued against further bloodletting and for tracheotomy. In retrospect this was the only life-saving option available. It was not attempted and the President succumbed.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146616941 ER -