The emergency treatment depends on the extent and location of damage. For damage lying high enough, tracheostomy is an option. If the extent of damage is small

The emergency treatment depends on the extent and location of damage. For damage lying high enough, tracheostomy is an option. If the extent of damage is small enough one might get through with (very risky) emergency intubation and later tracheal repair. In case of critical damage to the lower airways, you usually don't have to think because patients are dead by the time they reach an airway expert.