Patients presenting to the emergency department with presumed opioid overdoses show a low rate of delayed intubation.

The purposes of endotracheal intubation include delivering inhalation anesthetic drugs, ensuring a patent airway in unconscious animals, and administering oxygen to provide ventilatory support.

OBJECTIVE: Out-of-hospital rescuers often use drug-assisted intubation (DAI) to facilitate endotracheal intubation (ETI) of nonarrest patients. However, the relationship between the ablation of ...