Advances in emergency airway management have allowed intensivists to use intubation
techniques that were once the province of anesthesiology and were confined to the …

According to the Advanced Trauma Life Support recommendations for managing patients
with life‐threatening injuries, securing the airway is the first task of a primary caregiver …

Objectives Emergency tracheal intubation has achieved high success and low complication
rates in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients is associated with a high risk of complications
that tend to increase with multiple attempts at laryngoscopy. In this pilot study, we compared …

Rapid sequence intubation is the process involving administration of a sedative (eg,
induction agent) followed almost immediately by a neuromuscular blocking agent to facilitate …

Objective: Postintubation hemodynamic instability (PIHI) is a potentially life-threatening
adverse event of emergent endotracheal intubation. The objectives of this study were to …

Background The patient with difficult airways is a common challenge for emergency
physicians. Aims Our goal was to study the reasons for difficult airways in the emergency …

Objective: To compare the acceptability and preference between manikin models and fresh
frozen cadaver (FFC) for direct laryngoscopic orotracheal intubation training. Methods: In …

Background The objective was to determine the impact of a soiled airway on firstpass
success when using the GlideScope video laryngoscope or the direct laryngoscope for …

Background: Emergency airway management for trauma adults is practised by physicians
from a range of training backgrounds and with differing levels of experience. The indications …