Paramedics must use extreme caution when accessing the airway via the cricothyroid membrane because:
A) the cricothyroid membrane is highly vascular and tends to bleed profusely when it is incised.
B) the cricothyroid membrane is bordered laterally and inferiorly by the highly vascular thyroid gland.
C) cricothyrotomy is associated with a high incidence of inadvertent laceration of a carotid artery.
D) the thyroid cartilage is smaller than the cricoid cartilage and makes the cricothyroid membrane difficult to locate.
Answer: B) the cricothyroid membrane is bordered laterally and inferiorly by the highly vascular thyroid gland.
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