Evaluation of endotracheal intubations in the emergency department of a tertiary care facility.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the performance of emergency department intubations for 1 year.

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. The collected variables were patient demographics, indication for intubation, preintubation hemodynamics, preoxygenation methods, medications used for premedication, induction and paralysis, type of laryngoscope used, Cormack-Lehane (C-L) grades, number of intubation attempts, and peri-intubation adverse events.