Polytrauma, a patient's condition with multiple injuries that involve multiple organs or
systems, is the leading cause of mortality in young adults. Trauma-related injuries are a …

Importance Tracheal intubation is recommended for coma patients and those with severe
brain injury, but its use in patients with decreased levels of consciousness from acute …

Background Aspiration pneumonia is one of the major complications among hospitalized
stroke patients, with global incidence ranging from 5–83% and hospital mortality rate of up to …

Imagine if a new multicenter, randomized trial of a pharmaceutical drug found that for every
3 patients treated on presentation to the hospital with a common severe illness, one …

Critical care medicine is a specialty that brings together a truly wide spectrum of patient
populations, disease states, and treatment methods. This article highlights 10 important …

OBJECTIVES: Consciousness assessment is an important component in the prehospital
care of ill or injured children. Both the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Alert, Verbal …

Background Potential organ donors often have suffered anoxic and/or traumatic brain injury
during which they may have experienced aspiration of gastric material (AGM). Evaluation of …

Background Unresponsive patients with toxic-metabolic encephalopathies often undergo
endotracheal intubation for the primary purpose of preventing aspiration events. However …

Objective Sugammadex reversal of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) is usually
performed postoperatively. A scarcity of literature exists exploring sugammadex use for …

Background: Prehospital pediatric intubation is a potentially life-saving procedure in which
paramedics are relied upon. However, due to the anatomical nature of pediatrics and …