Cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management

A Twitter discussion:

 

 

Cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management:

• Intubate earlier
• Optimize hemodynamic
• Minimize ventilation pressures

— MEDEST118 (@MEDEST118) August 24, 2013

@medest118 peritube arrest? Optimize hemodynamics first always; Manage HOP killer risks @rfdsdoc

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) August 24, 2013

@medest118 Intubate earlier: agree in select situations before they get sicker despite tx Eg refractory shock helps work breathing @rfdsdoc

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) August 24, 2013

@medest118 peritube arrest risk by hyperventilation: mostly to do with breath stacking and frequency (vs barotrauma) I think @rfdsdoc

— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) August 24, 2013

References:

Tags: advanced airway management, Airway management, emergency, emergency medicine, intubation, medicine, prehospital emergency medicine