as pronounced by one of our excellent ED nurses:
“When your respiratory rate and heart rate are the same, it’s time to intubate.”
I tend to agree.
4 thoughts on “Intubation Criteria”
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as pronounced by one of our excellent ED nurses:
“When your respiratory rate and heart rate are the same, it’s time to intubate.”
I tend to agree.
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Haha! I’ll have to remember that one!
Or time for atropine, depending on the circumstances.
As a resident I was always somewhat unclear as to the exact criteria for intubation. Now it all makes sense! :)
Then there is the other great rule:
“Blood goes round and round, air goes in and out. Any variation on this is a bad thing!”