A prospective multicenter evaluation of prehospital airway management performance in a large metropolitan region

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-310

  Hawkes, Allison P ^a  

^a Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Endotracheal intubation; Prehospital; Urban

Indexed keywords

BALLOON; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849110645     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120902935280     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. Bochicchio GV, Ilchi O, Joshi M, et al. Endotracheal intubation in the field does not improve outcome in trauma patients who present without an acutely lethal traumatic brain injury. J Trauma. 2003;54:307-311
2. Davis DP, Hoyt DB, Ochs M, et al. The effect of paramedic rapid sequence intubation of outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma. 2003;54:444-453
3. Wang HE, Peitzman AB, Cassidy LD, et al. Out-of hospital endotracheal intubation outcome after traumatic brain injury. Ann Emerg Med. 2004;5:439-450
4. Gausche M, Lewis RJ, Stratton SJ, et al. Effect of out-of-hospital pediatric endotracheal intubation on survival and neurologic outcome. JAMA. 2000;283:783-790
5. Stockinger ZT, McSwain ME. Prehospital endotracheal intubation for trauma does not improve survival over bag-valve-mask ventilation. J Trauma. 2004;56:531-536
6. Shafi S, Gentillelo L. Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation and positive pressure ventilation is associated with hypotension and decreased survival in hypovolemic trauma patients: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. J Trauma. 2005;5:1140-1147
7. Wang HE, Yealy DM. How many attempts are required to accomplish out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation? Acad Emerg Med. 2006;4:372-377
8. Jemmett ME, Kendal KM, Fourre MW, et al. Unrecognized misplacement of endotracheal tubes in a mixed urban to rural emergency medical services setting. Acad Emerg Med. 2003;9: 961-965
9. Wang HE, Sweeney TA, O'Connor RE, et al. Failed prehospital intubations: An analysis of emergency department courses and outcomes. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2001;2:134-141
10. Davis DP, Fisher R, Buono C, et al. Predictors of intubation success and therapeutic value of paramedic airway management in a large, urban EMS system. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2006;10:356-362
11. Garza AG, Gratton MC, Coontz D, et al. Effect of paramedic experience on orotracheal intubation success rates. J Emerg Med. 2003;25:251-256
12. Vilke GM, Steen PJ, Smith AM, et al. Out-of-hospital pediatric intubation by paramedics: The San Diego experience. J Emerg Med. 2002;22:71-74
13. Katz SH, Falk JL. Misplaced endotracheal tubes by paramedics in an urban emergency medical services system. Ann Emerg Med. 2001;37:32-37
14. Jones JH, Murphy MP, Dickson RL, et al. Emergency physicianverified out-of-hospital intubation: miss rates by paramedics. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11:707-709
15. Silvestri S, Ralls GA, Krausse B, et al. The effectiveness of out of-hospital use of continuous end tidal carbon dioxide monitoring on the rate of unrecognized misplaced intubation within a regional emergency medical services system. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;5:497-503.
16. Colwell CB, McVaney KE, Haukoos JS, et al. An evaluation of out-of-hospital advanced airway management in an urban setting. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:417-422
17. Dean AG, Sullivan KM, Soe MM. OpenEpi: Open Source Epidemiologic Statistics for Public Health. Updated June 7, 2007. Available at: Http://www.OpenEpi.com.Accessed June 15, 2007.
18. Davis DP, Dunford JV, Ochs M, et al. The impact of hypoxia and hyperventilation on outcome after paramedic rapid sequence intubation of severely head-injured patients. J Trauma. 2004;1:1-10. (Pubitemid 39079220)