Tracheal intubation is recommended for comatose patients, but its use in individuals with altered consciousness due to acute poisoning remains uncertain. A French team conducted a large randomized ...

Use of video rather than direct laryngoscope led to better rates of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency ...

Preoxygenation with a bag-valve-mask device does not reduce the risk for hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with a facemask, a secondary analysis of two trials shows.

Intubation failure -- defined by either the clinician switching to an alternative laryngoscopy device for any reason at any time or by more than three intubation attempts -- occurred in 0.27% of ...

This immersive, two-day program combined classroom instruction with high-impact, hands-on practice to help clinicians build confidence and precision in one of the most critical emergency ...

An 11-year-old girl died in western France last month from rare intubation complications during a back surgery. The girl had been suffering from scoliosis, a sideways curve of the spine that can ...