Table 1
Recorded diagnoses for patients requiring emergency RSI
| Respiratory n = 60 | Neurological (non-traumatic) n = 35 | Trauma n = 25 | |||
| Pneumonia | 21 | Seizure disorder | 8 | RTA—unspecified | 13 |
| COPD | 12 | Intracerebral haemorrhage | 7 | Head injury—unspecified | 5 |
| ARDS | 6 | Post-arrest coma | 5 | Skull fracture | 2 |
| Asthma | 3 | Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 5 | C2 fracture | 1 |
| Respiratory failure—unspecified | 3 | Subdural haematoma | 3 | Fall from height—unspecified | 1 |
| Failed extubation | 4 | Encephalitis | 2 | Cerebral contusion | 1 |
| Respiratory tract infection | 2 | Intracerebral event | 2 | Chest trauma | 1 |
| Retained secretions | 2 | Meningitis | 2 | Facial fracture | 1 |
| Pneumothorax | 2 | Extradural haematoma | 1 | ||
| Respiratory arrest | 2 | ||||
| Pancreatitis | 1 | ||||
| Lung collapse | 1 | ||||
| Obstructive sleep apnoea | 1 | ||||
| Sepsis n = 24 | Overdose n = 22 | Cardiovascular n = 12 | |||
| Abdominal | 8 | Amitriptyline | 12 | Tachyarrhythmia | 5 |
| Unspecified | 7 | Benzodiazepine | 12 | Acute pulmonary oedema | 4 |
| Meningococcal | 6 | Alcohol | 2 | Hypovolaemia | 1 |
| SBE | 1 | Multiple | 2 | Cardiogenic shock | 1 |
| Necrotising fasciitis | 1 | Insulin | 1 | Unspecified | 1 |
| Septic arthritis | 1 | Promethazine | 1 | ||
| Barbituate | 1 | ||||
| Unspecified | 1 | ||||
| Abdominal n = 12 | Airway at risk n = 7 | Metabolic n = 6 | |||
| Pancreatitis | 3 | Oesophageal varices | 3 | Diabetic ketoacidosis | 2 |
| Post-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | 2 | Airway burn | 2 | Rhabdomyolysis | 1 |
| Ischaemic bowel | 2 | Tracheostomy problem | 2 | Hyponatraemia | 1 |
| Postoperative haemorrhage | 1 | Hepatic encephalopathy | 1 | ||
| Postoperative—unspecified | 1 | Lactic acidosis | 1 | ||
| Perforated viscus | 1 | ||||
| Infarcted bowel | 1 | ||||
| Obstruction | 1 | ||||
| Renal n = 3 | Unknown n = 2 | ||||
| Acute renal failure | 2 | ||||
| Microscopic angiitis | 1 |
