Preliminary experience with a prospective, multi-centered evaluation of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation.

Study Objective: Previous out-of-hospital airway management data are limited by small, single-site designs. We sought to evaluate the feasibility of performing a prospective, multi-centered evaluation of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) using a standardized data collection tool.

Methods: We designed a prospective multi-centered observational study involving 45 advanced life support (ALS) services from a mid-Atlantic state.

Multivariate predictors of failed prehospital endotracheal intubation.

Objectives: Conventionally trained out-of-hospital rescuers (such as paramedics) often fail to accomplish endotracheal intubation (ETI) in patients requiring invasive airway management. Previous studies have identified univariate variables associated with failed out-of-hospital ETI but have not examined the interaction between the numerous factors impacting ETI success. This study sought to use multivariate logistic regression to identify a set of factors associated with failed adult out-of-hospital ETI.