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 ...

Intubation is a standard procedure that involves passing a tube into a person’s airway. Doctors often perform it before surgery or in emergencies to give medication or help a person breathe. Most ...

Premedication. Swine may salivate excessively under anesthesia, especially if dissociative drugs, such as ketamine or tiletamine, are used. Anticholinergic drugs, such as atropine (0.02–0.04 mg per kg ...

Intubation is a technique doctors can use to keep your airway open by placing a tube into your trachea (windpipe) either through your mouth or nose. You may need to be intubated if your airway is ...

Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient’s life. However, ...

In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds ...

Keeping an airway open is the first rule of saving a life. Yet endotracheal intubation, sliding a tube into the trachea to restore breathing, is one of the toughest medical procedures, even for ...