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An analysis of 7.6 million trauma cases over 7 years showed that 3.7% of patients underwent emergency department (ED) endotracheal intubation (ETI), which was associated with a mortality rate of 10.2% ...

Treating acute upper airway obstruction in the clinical setting is complicated and requires managing a sometimes chaotic environment, understanding the potentially multiple causes of disease ...

Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at hospital compared to insertion afterwards, suggests a modeling study led by ...

Rupture of the trachea or bronchi is rare. The entity most commonly occurs secondary to severe trauma usually occurring within 2.5 cm of the carina but may also occur secondary to traumatic intubation ...

Brown, McIlvain and Coit knew from previous studies that there was no significant difference in rates of success or complications in endotracheal intubation of trauma patients in emergency departments ...

Although Megan Funk concedes that improved intubation conditions and increased first-pass success often result when paralytics are utilized for drug-assisted intubation, she urges EMS providers to ...