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 survival ...

Richard Verbeek and associates1 conclude that “paramedics should not intubate patients with SARS-like symptoms in the prehospital setting,” presumably because of the risk of contracting severe acute ...

For more than 20 years, paramedics in Britain have performed emergency intubation (passing a breathing tube into the windpipe to deliver oxygen to the lungs of trauma patients) without using ...

Patients with excited delirium often are administered ketamine by EMS before arriving at the hospital. Many of them are intoxicated or are using illicit substances, which may alter the properties of ...

Patients with excited delirium who are combative, aggressive or agitated before being transported to the hospital or in an emergency department setting require immediate treatment for their safety and ...

In the Spring of 2024, we will begin enrolling patients over a period of approximately five years in this multi-center trial to compare airway management devices for critically ill children ages 1 day ...

The idea that adults with nontraumatic cardiac arrest could be harmed by field intubation seems counterintuitive, but is it? Recent Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines emphasize the proven ...

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 ...

Patients with excited delirium who are combative, aggressive or agitated before being transported to the hospital or in an emergency department setting require immediate treatment for their safety and ...