Prehospital tracheal intubations by anaesthetist-staffed critical care teams: a prospective observational multicentre study
Main findingResult — go to the resultDifference 2.9% two sided 10% CI −2.4% to 8.2%Authors' conclusion
Both in-cabin and outside the cabin, prehospital tracheal intubation by anaesthetists was performed with a high success rate. The mean on-scene time was shorter in the in-cabin helicopter cohort.
Study context
- Population
- Prehospital drug-assisted tracheal intubations by 12 anaesthetist-staffed helicopter critical care teams in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, March 2020–September 2021
- Participants
- 422 drug-assisted intubations
- Exposure
- Tracheal intubation inside vs outside the ambulance or helicopter cabin
- In-cabinn = 240
- Outcome
- First-pass successful tracheal intubation
Methodological detailsnon-inferiority, propensity score analysis
- Non-inferiority
- Propensity score analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Difference
2.9%
two sided 10% CI −2.4% to 8.2%
By group
In-cabin vs Outside
difference 2.9% (two sided 10% CI −2.4% to 8.2%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Mean on-scene time, helicopter · significantly shorter in-cabin
P = 0.004
Original publication
Prehospital tracheal intubations by anaesthetist-staffed critical care teams: a prospective observational multicentre study. Br J Anaesth. Published 14 October 2023. doi:10.
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