Questions Regarding Endotracheal Intubations

LessValuableNinja · Mar 1, 2015

1. This question needs context. Who is the person? Where do they work? What is the general context? The answer could be zero or twenty.

2. Depends on the patient, and if you mean "first try ever," or "first try on this patient."

3. There are better ways to perform ETIs than how they're performed in certain situations. Need more information. IE, standard laryngoscope ETI vs fiberoptic ETI vs.. etc.

Anna Flaxis, BSN, RN · Mar 1, 2015

What is the amount of ETIs you believe are performed in one day?

Where? In the USA? Nationwide? At a specific facility? By EMS providers? I don't understand your question.

Are ETIs difficult to perform correctly on the first try?

Totally depends on a lot of factors.

Do you think there should be a better to way perform ETIs?

A better way than what?

Your questions need more clarification.

Altra, BSN, RN · Mar 1, 2015

As stated above, your questions need context to prompt meaningful discussion. What is your area of graduate study? In what setting(s) are you seeking to investigate intubation - prehospital, ED, ICU, OR, other? Are you investigating methods, equipment, circumstances of decision to intubate, choices of meds, licensure/discipline of individuals performing intubation? Do you have sufficient knowledge of the procedure to understand that discussion of, say, intubation in a well-lit emergency department with physicians, respiratory therapists, and CRNAs available, and the choice of different equipment and meds ... is an entirely different animal than intubation in the field in a non-healthcare setting, with one drug box of limited meds, limited equipment, and 2 EMS providers?

Otherwise, you may get a thread full of comments with zero ability to extrapolate any meaningful data from them.