Intubation is a procedure that's used when you can't breathe on your own. Your doctor puts a tube down your throat and into your windpipe to make it easier to get air into and out of your lungs. A ...

In our What It’s Like series, we speak with people from a wide range of backgrounds about how their lives have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this installment, we spoke with Cherene ...

A team of investigators retrospectively analyzed 346,861 anesthesia cases that involved attempted tracheal intubation from 2004 to 2013 at seven academic centers. Of these, 1427 patients (0.41%) had a ...

Preventing the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from patients to health care workers is of paramount importance. Endotracheal intubation, in particular, is a high-risk ...

Here are three difficult-airway protocols for healthcare facilities to identify difficult-to-intubate patients across different departments and teams, developed by anesthesiologists at Sunrise, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Emergency responders now have a new and upgrade tool up in their medical kit. Paramedics said it’s a new and improved way to help people with an obstructed airway. “It is a game ...