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Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management

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Kessler, CS; Tristano, JM; Dignan, MA; Xie, H; Stallings, LA; Albrecht, RF
Published in: Journal of Investigative Medicine
January 1, 2011

Background: There is a dearth of literature about the safety and practicality of intubation performed by an internal medicine (IM) or any other nonanesthesia,2 nonemergency physician. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to describe abbreviated airway management training guidelines for IM physicians staffing the emergency department and to compare the success rates between intubations performed by anesthesia and IM physicians, respectively. Methods: In this study, 272 consecutive out-of-operating room intubations performed by anesthesia and IM physicians were evaluated after creating and implementing an abbreviated intubation training protocol. Results: Of 165 intubations attempted by IM physicians and 107 intubations attempted by the anesthesia service, the rates of successful intubation were 93% and 99%, respectively (P = 0.02). There were no other statistically significant differences in outcomes. Conclusions: Procedurally oriented IM fellows could provide a temporary solution to hospitals that currently do not have the resources to provide full-time, in-house anesthesiology or emergency physicians for management of the emergent airway. © 2011 by The American Federation for Medical Research.

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Journal of Investigative Medicine

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1708-8267

ISSN

1708-8267

Publication Date

January 1, 2011

Volume

59

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1263 / 1267

Related Subject Headings

  • General Clinical Medicine
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Kessler, C. S., Tristano, J. M., Dignan, M. A., Xie, H., Stallings, L. A., & Albrecht, R. F. (2011). Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 59(8), 1263–1267. https://doi.org/10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822ffc02
Kessler, C. S., J. M. Tristano, M. A. Dignan, H. Xie, L. A. Stallings, and R. F. Albrecht. “Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management.” Journal of Investigative Medicine 59, no. 8 (January 1, 2011): 1263–67. https://doi.org/10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822ffc02.
Kessler CS, Tristano JM, Dignan MA, Xie H, Stallings LA, Albrecht RF. Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2011 Jan 1;59(8):1263–7.
Kessler, C. S., et al. “Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management.” Journal of Investigative Medicine, vol. 59, no. 8, Jan. 2011, pp. 1263–67. Scopus, doi:10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822ffc02.
Kessler CS, Tristano JM, Dignan MA, Xie H, Stallings LA, Albrecht RF. Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2011 Jan 1;59(8):1263–1267.

Published In

Journal of Investigative Medicine

DOI

EISSN

1708-8267

ISSN

1708-8267

Publication Date

January 1, 2011

Volume

59

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1263 / 1267

Related Subject Headings

  • General Clinical Medicine
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences