Prehospital endotracheal intubation: Rationale for training emergency medical personnel

Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation : an overview of Recent Advances in Concepts and Practices

“…10) or Trans-Tracheal Jet Ventilation (TTJV). However, the best method and the "Gold standard" of oxygen delivery is, without doubt, tracheal intubation [14] and should be done at the first available opportunity.…”

Prehospital Endotracheal Intubation: Elemental or Detrimental?

“…cannulation for drug administration [1][2][3]. These life-saving reports helped to propel the widespread adoption of EMS systems and the concomitant introduction of specially-trained (non-physician) emergency medical technicians called 'paramedics' [1][2][3][4][5]. Eventually nursing personnel also ventured into the realm of on-scene emergency response, particularly in the arena of air medical services.…”

“…drug administration, interventions traditionally provided in the in-hospital setting by expert physician specialists [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Paramedic skill portfolios ranged from basic spinal immobilization and extremity splinting to the more advanced skills of electrocardiographic (EKG) interpretation, defibrillation attempts, ETI, i.v.…”

“…The skill of ETI had become the definitive airway control for most critically ill and injured patients, be they in the operating room, in the early phases of an intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization, or in the out-of-hospital setting [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]11]. The presumed presence of significant physiological derangements (e.g., hypoxemia, hypercarbia, hypoperfusion) in cardiopulmonary arrest, head injury and hemorrhagic states made ETI an intuitive procedure to perform as soon as feasible in the critically ill and injured [4,5,9,11].…”

“…The presumed presence of significant physiological derangements (e.g., hypoxemia, hypercarbia, hypoperfusion) in cardiopulmonary arrest, head injury and hemorrhagic states made ETI an intuitive procedure to perform as soon as feasible in the critically ill and injured [4,5,9,11].…”