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Prehospital Intubations and Mortality: A Level 1 Trauma Center Perspective
Anesthesia & Analgesia, 07/17/09

Cobas MA et al. – This prospective study showed a 31% incidence of failed PHI in a large metropolitan trauma center. No difference in mortality was found between patients who were properly intubated and those who were not, supporting the use of bag–valve–mask as an adequate method of airway management for critically ill trauma patients in whom intubation cannot be achieved promptly in the prehospital setting.

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