Prehospital Rapid Sequence Intubation Improves Functional Outcome for Patients with Severe TBI
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In adults with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), prehospital rapid sequence intubation by paramedics increases the rate of favorable neurologic outcome at 6 months compared with intubation in the hospital.
A total of 312 patients with severe TBI were randomly assigned to paramedic rapid sequence intubation or hospital intubation.
The success rate for paramedic intubation was 97%.
In a prospective, randomized, controlled trial, we assigned adults with severe TBI in an urban setting to either prehospital rapid sequence intubation by paramedics or transport to a hospital emergency department for intubation by physicians.
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