Intubation in pre-hospital cardiac arrest strongly associated with worse outcomes
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Intubation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest May Harm, Not Help by Blair Westerly, MD Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a major public-health problem, and despite advances in care, survival is still low. Improved survival has been associated with early CPR, rapid defibrillation, and integrated post cardiac arrest care, but pre-hospital "advanced airway management" (i.e., intubation by EMTs) has never been shown to be beneficial. On the contrary,
Intubation in pre-hospital cardiac arrest strongly associated with worse outcomes
Intubation in pre-hospital cardiac arrest…
Intubation in pre-hospital cardiac arrest strongly associated with worse outcomes
Intubation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest May Harm, Not Help by Blair Westerly, MD Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a major public-health problem, and despite advances in care, survival is still low. Improved survival has been associated with early CPR, rapid defibrillation, and integrated post cardiac arrest care, but pre-hospital "advanced airway management" (i.e., intubation by EMTs) has never been shown to be beneficial. On the contrary,