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BET 2: Use of end-tidal carbon dioxide indicators in prehospital intubations will reduce the number of incorrectly placed endotracheal tubes
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Report by: Henry Truong, Emergency Physician
Checked by: Zaffer Qasim, Specialty Registrar in Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Three-part question
In (patients who require field intubation) does (the use of an end-tidal carbon dioxide indicator) reduce (the number of unrecognised misplaced intubations)?
Clinical scenario
An 83-year-old restrained female passenger involved in a head-on collision is brought to the ED via helicopter. The ED evaluation reveals an unidentified esophageal intubation. On questioning the helicopter paramedic crew, it is found that a carbon dioxide indicator was not used in the field.
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