INTUBATION ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE MEDICATIONS

Course overview

MASTERING THE SKILL OF ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION TO SECURE AIRWAY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN MANY SETTINGS SUCH AS PRE-HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS, EMERGENCY ROOMS, CRITICAL CARE UNITS, AND PERI-OPERATIVE MEDICINE. IN A RAPIDLY DETERIORATING, CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT, SUCCESS RESTS ON ADEQUATE PREPARATION, EXPERIENCE AND ANTICIPATED DIFFICULTY ASSOCIATED WITH AIRWAY, CLINICAL CONDITION, AND INTUBATION. RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION INVOLVES THE SIMULTANEOUS RAPID ADMINISTRATION OF A PARALYTIC AND AN INDUCTION AGENT TO CREATE OPTIMAL CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE RAPID CONTROL OF THE AIRWAY WITH THE PLACEMENT OF AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE MODE OF ACTION OF VARIOUS AGENTS USED IN THE INTUBATION PROCESS, INCLUDING MECHANISMS OF ACTION, PHARMACOLOGY, ADVERSE EVENT PROFILES, ELIGIBLE PATIENT POPULATIONS, MONITORING, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CONDITIONS WHERE MEDICATIONS TO FACILITATE EMERGENT INTUABTION OFFERS AN ADVANTAGE.