When someone stops breathing, the clock starts ticking. First responders often need to get air into the lungs fast, and one of the most reliable ways is to slide a tube into the windpipe. This process ...

FOND DU LAC – SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital has introduced a new device to improve the safety and success of intubating newborns, especially those born prematurely. The Neo-View video laryngoscope, ...

1. There was no significant difference in peri-intubation hypotension (PIH) and 28-day mortality between etomidate and ketamine as a single induction agent in elderly patients. Peri-intubation ...

Abstract: Nasotracheal intubation is a crucial emergency procedure that can improve the survival rate of injured patients. Compared to orotracheal intubation, nasotracheal intubation offers greater ...

Since then, CPR guidelines have been reviewed, updated, and published periodically by the AHA. 2–9 In 2015, the process of 5-year updates was transitioned to an online format that uses a continuous ...

High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the foundation of resuscitation. New data reaffirm the key components of high-quality CPR: providing adequate chest compression rate and depth, ...

Correspondence to Dr Joshua Nagler, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; joshua.nagler{at}childrens.harvard.edu Background Challenges in emergent ...

Introduction: The rapid advancement of medical technology has enabled the application of single-lumen endotracheal tube (SLET) incubation anesthesia in thoracoscopic surgeries for thoracic diseases, ...

A meta-trial of randomized clinical studies conducted in 6 countries suggests that the use of inhaled heparin dramatically reduced the risk of intubation, death, and in-hospital death in hospitalized ...

Introduction Ambulance transport of patients with stroke is common, with rapid sequence intubation (RSI) to secure the airway used regularly. Randomised controlled trial evidence exists to support the ...