Table 1 Characteristics of 1151 patients receiving rescue intubation according the number of failed attempts
Patient characteristics at first rescue intubations | Number of failed attempts before first rescue intubation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 or more | |
(n = 761) | (n = 342) | (n = 48) | |
Age, median (IQR), y | 65 (49–77) | 67 (54–78) | 64 (43–74) |
Age ≥ 18 years | 736 (97) | 330 (96) | 44 (92) |
Female sex | 283 (37) | 129 (38) | 16 (33) |
Primary indication* | Â | Â | Â |
Medical encounters | 585 (77) | 290 (85) | 44 (92) |
Cardiac arrest | 220 (29) | 101 (30) | 9 (19) |
Altered mental status | 186 (25) | 82 (24) | 18 (38) |
Respiratory failure | 102 (13) | 69 (20) | 12 (25) |
Airway obstruction | 26 (3) | 8 (2) | 4 (8) |
Shock | 49 (6) | 29 (8) | 1 (2) |
Other medical | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
Trauma encounters | 176 (23) | 52 (15) | 4 (8) |
Traumatic arrest | 57 (8) | 8 (2) | 0 (0) |
Head trauma | 50 (7) | 18 (5) | 2 (4) |
Shock | 21 (3) | 8 (2) | 1 (2) |
Facial/neck trauma | 18 (2) | 9 (3) | 0 (0) |
Burn/inhalation | 11 (1) | 3 (1) | 1 (2) |
Other trauma | 19 (3) | 6 (2) | 0 (0) |