Supraglottic airway (SGA) devices used for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) were more successful at first attempt, but ...

China's top health authority said on Thursday that hospitals sitting on the upper two tiers of the nation's three-level hospital system are expected to set up geriatrics clinics as part of efforts to ...

A large U.S. randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that etomidate, compared with ketamine, ...

As airway trainers ourselves, we have seen firsthand how difficult it is to transmit the expertise of our field to the novice airway manager. Starting with a title of “evolution,” readers may think ...

Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient’s life. However, ...

It’s a long-standing challenge for first responders: Opening the airways of critically injured patients struggling to breathe often takes multiple attempts, costing crucial seconds. The problem caught ...

[Background] Failed or difficult tracheal intubation is an important case of morbidity and mortality during emergency. However, conventional direct laryngoscope is a difficult skill, and proficiency ...

Smiths Medical has issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction to notify affected global customers of a potential issue with the 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 mm sizes of Intubation ORAL/NASAL Endotracheal ...