The practice of airway management and tracheal intubation remains a cornerstone of emergency and critical care medicine. Advances in technology and protocol development have substantially improved ...

Intubation times were significantly faster with the AP Advance laryngoscope than with the GlideScope in mannequins with difficult airways, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of ...

Researchers have built a robotic intubation device that could save lives in emergencies. Intubation is the placement of a plastic tube into the lungs that allows anesthetised or critically ill ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Over 90 medical professionals from across the country gathered in Sioux Falls for the 2025 Avel eCare Emergency Airway Training Program, powered by ...

Pretty much any time a patient is placed under a general anesthetic, a plastic endotracheal tube is inserted down their throat, in order to keep their airway open. The procedure is known as intubation ...

People with major trauma who cannot maintain their airway and/or ventilation have drug-assisted rapid sequence induction (RSI) of anaesthesia and intubation within 45 minutes of the initial call to ...

FORT BENNING, GA – A critically ill patient gets admitted to the intensive care unit. Do you know how to stabilize the patient? Saving his or her life may require mechanical ventilation, a central ...

Carl Ryan lowered onto his back and used his hands to inch backward into a compact hole. With a special tool and a flashlight, the firefighter-paramedic then attempted to open the mouth of a rubbery ...

When a patient is placed under general anesthesia or otherwise has difficulty breathing on their own, they typically have a plastic endotracheal tube inserted into their mouth and down their trachea.