Survival in Out-of-hospital Rapid Sequence Intubation of Non-Traumatic Brain Pathologies.
Pieter Francsois FouchePaul Andrew JenningsKaren SmithMalcolm J BoyleGabriel BlecherJonathan KnottMani RajiPamela RosengartenMichael Roberto AugelloStephen BernardPublished in: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors (2017)
Non-traumatic brain pathologies are seven times more prevalent than traumatic brain injuries in patients that underwent out-of-hospital RSI in Victoria, Australia. Since the mechanisms through which RSI impacts mortality might differ between traumatic brain injuries and NTBP, and given that NTBP is very prevalent, it follows that the use of RSI in NTBP could be unsupported.