Retrograde Intubation. While retrograde intubation is not often considered to be cannot ventilate situations, it remains a useful technique, particularly in patients with a predicted difficult airway or in a. Identification of the cricothyroid membrane with inspection and palpation and/or.

Retrograde intubation may be useful for the following situation: Retrograde tracheal intubation was first described by butler and cirillo[] in 1960.while it may never have the popularity of other airway management techniques, it is an useful.