Air medical journal
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Air medical journal · Jul 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialDifficult airway simulator intubation success rates using Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport systems training standards.
This study was undertaken to evaluate difficult airway simulator intubation success rates using Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) initial and maintenance intubation training standards on transport-RN novice intubators over a 1-year period. ⋯ Using initial and maintenance CAMTS standards, simulator difficult airway intubation success rates are low in novice intubators. Our results suggest that one intubation/quarter may be enough to maintain difficult airway intubation success rates. Training significantly improves intubation rates. Little advantage occurs in intubation rates after four attempts or 3.5 minutes.
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Air medical journal · Jul 2011
Case ReportsA tracheal disruption in an 89-year-old female after a fall.
A crew from a northeastern flight program was activated in early February for a scene call in rural New York for an elderly female patient with multisystem trauma after a fall. The weather was marginal in the area that evening, necessitating an extensive weather check by the pilot to ensure appropriate flying conditions. ⋯ Ground emergency medical services (EMS) reported that her husband found the patient at the bottom of the cellar stairs. He had immediately called 9-1-1 for emergency response.