Air medical journal
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Air medical journal · Jul 1998
The effect of a rapid sequence induction protocol on intubation success rate in an air medical program.
The purpose of this study was to examine the percentage of successful intubations before and after implementation of a rapid sequence induction (RSI) protocol in patients treated by our flight nurses and paramedics. The records of 100 intubation attempts before the RSI protocol was implemented and 98 after implementation were reviewed. ⋯ No significant difference existed in the number of patients successfully intubated preRSI compared with postRSI. The statistically significant patient characteristics associated with unsuccessful intubation were facial trauma, combativeness, vomiting, and nasal bleeding.
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Air medical journal · Jul 1998
Editorial CommentBlood transfusion and acute intravascular volume loss.