Table 1

Summary of the five surgeons’ consensus on the ease to manipulate, ability to cover the surgeons hands throughout the procedure, hindrance of procedural steps and ability to suppress aerosolization for each of the three surgical drapes used during emergency cricothyrotomy

	Easy to manipulate	Covers surgeon’s hand through the procedure	Hinders procedural steps	Satisfactorily suppresses aerosolization
X-ray cassette drape	Yes	No	No	Yes*
Dry OR towel	Yes	No	No†	Yes*
Wet OR towel	Yes	Yes	No†	Yes

*More likely to leak because it slips off the surgeon’s hand.
†Compromised the visual cues but did not compromise the surgeon’s ability to perform the steps of the procedure satisfactorily.
OR, operating room.