Patients with ABI require prolonged mechanical ventilation and have a substantially higher risk for VAP due to impaired airway protection and injury-related immune dysfunction. However, routine use of ...
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An analysis of 7.6 million trauma cases over 7 years showed that 3.7% of patients underwent emergency department (ED) endotracheal intubation (ETI), which was associated with a mortality rate of 10.2% ...
When someone stops breathing, the clock starts ticking. First responders often need to get air into the lungs fast, and one of the most reliable ways is to slide a tube into the windpipe. This process ...
FOND DU LAC – SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital has introduced a new device to improve the safety and success of intubating newborns, especially those born prematurely. The Neo-View video laryngoscope, ...
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, ...
Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. It’s a long-standing challenge for first responders: Opening the airways of ...
3 Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Angers, Angers, France 4 Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Tours, ...
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When techniques that paramedics could improve upon are discussed, often, the topic of advanced airway comes up. We have statistically low success rates in achieving an advanced airway with an ...
Injured UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Filippo Baroncini set to be flown to Italy for an operation after being placed in an induced coma following his bad crash on stage 3 in the Tour de Pologne.