Table 3 Complications following intubation attempts of non-cardiac arrest patients
Attempts at airway intervention | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One attempt n = 1,159 | Multiple attempts by one provider n = 85 | Multiple attempts by two or more providers n = 45 | Not successful n = 9 | Total n = 1,298 | ||||||
Oesophageal intubation | 0 | 0.0 % | 17 | 20.0 % | 9 | 20.0 % | 4 | 44.4 % | 30 | 2.3 % |
Right bronchus intubation | 4 | 0.3 % | 2 | 2.4 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 6 | 0.5 % |
Dental trauma | 1 | 0.1 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 1 | 0.1 % |
Vomiting and/or aspiration | 17 | 1.5 % | 4 | 4.7 % | 1 | 2.2 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 22 | 1.7 % |
Hypoxia | 24 | 2.1 % | 8 | 9.4 % | 10 | 22.2 % | 2 | 22.2 % | 44 | 3.4 % |
Bradycardia | 7 | 0.6 % | 1 | 1.2 % | 2 | 4.4 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 10 | 0.8 % |
Hypotension | 35 | 3.0 % | 1 | 1.2 % | 3 | 6.7 % | 1 | 11.1 % | 40 | 3.1 % |
Othera | 18 | 1.6 % | 8 | 9.4 % | 3 | 6.7 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 29 | 2.2 % |
None | 1,063 | 91.7 % | 51 | 60.0 % | 23 | 51.1 % | 4 | 44.4 % | 1,141 | 87.9 % |