Without a patent airway, a patient has about four minutes to live, so doctors and paramedics put a huge amount of effort into honing their intubation skills. They have to be able to insert an ...

Trauma medicine is a field where tradition often dictates practice. Yet, Dr Paula Ferrada shattered decades of medical dogma ...

Medical professionals use a video laryngoscope to help insert a breathing tube into a patient's airway, a procedure known as intubation. This new device represents a user-focused evolution of the ...

Recent study investigates the effectiveness of the El-Ganzouri risk index (EGRI) and skin-to-epiglottis distance (SED) as ...

A jury in Baltimore has awarded more than $8 million to the family of a man who died following a routine endoscopy procedure. According to an April 16 news release by Washington-based Nace Law Group, ...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting cecal intubation during colonoscopy performed under deep sedation. Methods: A total of 5352 consecutive subjects who underwent a ...

The ER physician also decided to intubate the child through rapid sequence intubation (RSI), according to the complaint. Health experts say RSI helps secure the airway quickly to reduce the risk ...