RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services.
Prehospital Intubation: To ET or Not ET, that is the question.
Do field-placed ET tubes improve patient outcomes? Should all cardiac arrest patients arrive at the hospital intubated? Exactly what airways qualify as BLS now? Should your airway choices change if the problem is medical illness or traumatic injury? How much training should a paramedic get in intubation? What should recertification requirements be?
How you can use these resources: RescueDigest curates great research and resources during the development of our articles and educational programs. Since our mission is to “Help You Help Others” we present the best of these resources for you to explore, share and use in your own agency.
Depending on your point of view, these can be TOOLS or WEAPONS.
Airway Literature: Comprehensive Literature Reviews & Reactions
Revisiting the value of pre-hospital tracheal intubation: An all time systematic literature review
A Critical Reassessment of Ambulance Service Airway Management in Pre-Hospital Care:
Out-of-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation: Where Are We?
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Intubation in Cardiac Arrest Patients: ET vs CPR?
Prehospital intubation in cardiac arrest: The debate continues
EMS World: Current Events in Cardiac Arrest: Airway Management
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Improving Intubation Outcomes: First Pass Success!
JEMS: Experts Debate Paramedic Intubation
EMS1: Intubation: How to do more GOOD than HARM
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Apneic Oxygenation: Oxygenation without Ventilation
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RescueDigest’s Own Programs:
Rom Duckworth’s Airway of Choice
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