A recent study showed possible adverse outcomes in adult cardiac arrest patients who were intubated in the field (JW Emerg Med Nov 19 2010). To assess the effect of prehospital intubation on ...

We are not surprised by the wide-ranging opinions expressed in response to our commentary.1 The 2 physicians suggest that our level of concern for paramedic protection is unwarranted. Although our ...

The 936 OHCA patients in the study had a median age of 77 years, and 60.8% were men. On subgroup analysis, it appeared that prehospital ROSC rates favored endotracheal intubation in patients with ...

Rapid-Sequence Intubation Better Than Etomidate Alone for Prehospital Intubation. ... Three patients in the etomidate-only group required additional etomidate, and 12 proceeded to RSI.

Prehospital intubation occurred in 256 patients (51.1%), and 174 patients (34.7%) received a prehospital red-cell transfusion. Surgeons performed urgent operative procedures in 58.4% of patients ...

Withholding intubation during the first 4 hours of close observation slashed the proportion of patients ultimately intubated (16.4% vs 57.8%) and substantially reduced ICU admission (39.7% vs 66.1 ...

In a 2022 review of prehospital clinician training, Dorsett et al 5 pointed out, “With regard to advanced skills such as endotracheal intubation, task trainers and low-fidelity mannequins are ...

There is a lack of evidence on how sedatives used during tracheal intubation impact patient survival and likelihood for PTSD symptoms, and researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center plan ...

The recommendation of Richard Verbeek and associates[1][1] that paramedics not intubate patients with SARS-like symptoms in the prehospital setting and that such patients be transported to the nearest ...