Avoid the Goose! Paramedic Identification of Esophageal Intubation by Ultrasound.

Penelope Chun LemaMichael O'BrienJuliana WilsonErika St JamesHeather LindstromJohn DeAngelisJennifer CaldwellPaul MayBrian Clemency

Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2018)

Paramedics can accurately identify esophageal intubations with POCUS, and manipulation improves identification. Further studies of paramedic use of dynamic POCUS to identify inadvertent esophageal intubations are needed. LemaPC, O'BrienM, WilsonJ, St. JamesE, LindstromH, DeAngelisJ, CaldwellJ, MayP, ClemencyB. Avoid the goose! Paramedic identification of esophageal intubation by ultrasound. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(4):406-410.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
cardiac arrest
bioinformatics analysis
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced ultrasound