Background Emergency tracheal intubation during major trauma resuscitation may be associated with unrecognised endobronchial intubation. The risk factors and outcomes associated with this issue have ...

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Background Patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (t-OHCA) require on-scene airway management to maintain tissue oxygenation. However, the benefits of prehospital endotracheal ...

The following is a summary of "Interventions associated with survival after prehospital intubation in the deployed combat setting," published in the May 2024 issue of Emergency Medicine by April, et ...

1. Rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation after non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taipei were similar between those who received prehospital supraglottic airway and those ...

Aim Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is an advanced airway procedure for critically ill or injured patients. The role of RSI in the pre-hospital setting, and who should perform the procedure remains ...

1. Rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation after non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taipei were similar between those who received prehospital supraglottic airway and those ...

A study explored if patients who received prehospital ketamine with concomitant substance ... September 29). EMS ketamine use on agitated patients on cocaine increases intubation 5.75-fold ...

Patients with excited delirium who are combative, ... prehospital ketamine—a powerful sedative—is now commonly used to restrain patients experiencing excited delirium.

Solano, J.J., et al. (2021) Prehospital Ketamine Administration for Excited Delirium with Illicit Substance Co-Ingestion and Subsequent Intubation in the Emergency Department.

Intubation maintains the airway during anesthesia or if a patient needs critical breathing support. When a patient is undergoing surgery, intubation is a routine, controlled procedure. In the event of ...