Preventable mistakes during endotracheal intubation. Overview and concepts

Endotracheal intubation is a standard procedure in anesthesiology as well as in intensive care medicine in many forms of assisted spontaneous breathing or controlled ventilation. In addition it continues to be the gold standard for airway protection in prehospital and in-hospital emergency medicine...

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Published in:Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2012-10, Vol.107 (7), p.515
Main Authors: Sopka, S, Biermann, H, Beckers, S K
Format: Article
Language:eng ; ger
Subjects:
Critical Care - standards
Germany
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal - adverse effects
Intubation, Intratracheal - methods
Intubation, Intratracheal - standards
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Noninvasive Ventilation - standards
Patient Positioning - methods
Patient Positioning - standards
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy
Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods
Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards
Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy
Risk Factors
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Summary:Endotracheal intubation is a standard procedure in anesthesiology as well as in intensive care medicine in many forms of assisted spontaneous breathing or controlled ventilation. In addition it continues to be the gold standard for airway protection in prehospital and in-hospital emergency medicine settings. Approaches will have to be considered to help prevent errors before they occur not only in the non-elective use of endotracheal intubation. The most common preventable situations are summarized in this paper.
ISSN:2193-6226
DOI:10.1007/s00063-012-0087-0