Drug-free tracheal intubation by specialist paramedics (critical care) in a United Kingdom ambulance service: a service evaluation

• Published in: BMC emergency medicine Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 144 - 7
• Main Authors: Houghton Budd, Silas, Alexander-Elborough, Eleanor, Brandon, Richard, Fudge, Chris, Hardy, Scott, Hopkins, Laura, Paul, Ben, Philips, Sloane, Thatcher, Sarah, Winsor, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.11.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Airway; Allied Health Personnel; Ambulances; Anesthesia; Bias; Councils; Critical Care; Education; Emergency medical care; Emergency Medical Services; Humans; International economic relations; Intubation; Intubation, Intratracheal; Paramedic; Paramedics; Pharmaceutical industry; Prehospital; Retrospective Studies; Success; Tracheal intubation; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Critical care; Intubation; Airway; Paramedic; Prehospital; Tracheal intubation
• ISSN: 1471-227X; 1471-227X
• DOI: 10.1186/s12873-021-00533-0

Drug-free tracheal intubation has been a common intervention in the context of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for many years, however its use by paramedics has recently been the subject of much debate. Recent international guidance has recommended that only those achieving high tracheal intubation s...