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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...