Table 2 Prehospital critical care anaesthesiologists’ reasons for pre-hospital critical care anaesthesiologists postponing pre-hospital advanced airway management (PHAAM) (n = 347)
Reason for postponing/withholding PHAAM* | Patients in total | ETI** in ED*** | Difficult ETI in ED |
|---|---|---|---|
Number (% of the 347 patients) | Number (% of total number in row) | ||
Number (% of total number in row) | |||
Expected difficult PHETI**** | 19 (5.5) | 10 (52.6) | 2 (20.0) |
Difficult access to patient | 4 (1.2) | 1 (25.0) | 0 |
Short transport time to the ED | 64 (18.4) | 30 (46.9) | 3 (10.0) |
The patient’s condition | 257 (75.1) | 15 (5.8) | 1 (6.7) |
Patient co-morbidity | 107 (30.8) | 3 (2.8) | 1 (33.3) |
Insufficient PHAAM training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Insufficient equipment available | 1 (0.3) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100%) |
No assistance available | 4 (1.2) | 2 (50.0) | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |