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Emergency airway management in Australian and New Zealand emergency departments: A multicentre descriptive study of 3710 emergency intubations.

Hatem AlkhouriJohn VassiliadisMatthew MurrayJohn MackenzieAlex TzannesSally McCarthyToby Fogg
Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2017)
Australasian ED doctors, predominantly specialist emergency physicians or trainees, perform the majority of ED intubations using rapid sequence induction as their preferred technique mainly for medical indications. First attempt success rate was not different between different types of EDs, and is comparable published international data. Complications are not infrequent, and are comparable to other published series. Monitoring and reporting of ED intubation practice will enable continued improvements in the safety of this high-risk procedure.
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