TY - JOUR T1 - Primary Survey JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 2 LP - 2 DO - 10.1136/emj.20.1.2-a VL - 20 IS - 1 AU - Pete Driscoll AU - Jim Wardrope Y1 - 2003/01/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/1/2.2.abstract N2 - Airway management, in particular rapid sequence intubation (RSI), is a core skill in emergency medicine. The RSI debate continues between UK emergency physicians and anaesthetists. This large prospective, multicentre Scottish urban study aimed to examine emergency intubation practice, whether performed by emergency physicians or anaesthetists. Anaesthetists obtained better views at laryngoscopy and achieved higher initial success rates, but emergency physicians intubated a higher proportion of unstable patients and a higher proportion within 15 minutes of admission. Complications were fewer in the anaesthetists’ group, but this may be related to differences in patient populations. See page3 Seizure is a very common presenting complaint of children attending … ER -