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 ...

endotracheal intubation (ETI): paramedics place a plastic tube down the throat through the voice box and squeeze oxygen into the windpipe and lungs. supraglottic airway insertion (SGA): paramedics ...

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 ...

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

The purposes of endotracheal intubation include delivering inhalation anesthetic drugs, ensuring a patent airway in unconscious animals, and administering oxygen to provide ventilatory support.

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 ...

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 ...