Podcast 771: Intubation in Cardiac Arrest

<p><strong>Contributor: Don Stader, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In a secondary analysis of the PART trial, the mortality effect of timing of airway management for patients in cardiac arrest was examined</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Study looked at whether timing played a part in both laryngeal tube placement or endotracheal intubation during cardiac arrest</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Did not find any association of timing and survival to hospital discharge</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">High-quality CPR and defibrillation are the only two things that improve outcomes in cardiac arrest</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Okubo M, Komukai S, Izawa J, Aufderheide TP, Benoit JL, Carlson JN, Daya MR, Hansen M, Idris AH, Le N, Lupton JR, Nichol G, Wang HE, Callaway CW. Association of Advanced Airway Insertion Timing and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;79(2):118-131. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.07.114. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34538500.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.