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To minimize the exposure of health care workers to SARS-CoV-2, the number of staff present during endotracheal intubation should be limited. Four operators, whose roles are predefined, should be ...

In a recent retrospective, observational study, Driver and colleagues [1] reviewed consecutive intubations in an emergency department (ED) at an urban, level 1 academic trauma center during the 2013 ...

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Risk of cardiovascular collapse during intubation and other safety outcomes also weren't any lower with ketamine. In fact, hypotension, receipt of vasopressors, and ventricular tachycardia during ...

Intubation isn't used until the patient is no longer able to breathe on their own. To say that intubation, which is only used to extend life, is causing the problem, is illogical. Read the article, ...

Video laryngoscopy for the urgent intubation of neonates led to higher rates of success on the first attempt than direct laryngoscopy, a single-center randomized trial from Ireland found. Of more than ...