Table 4 Intubation practices in identified airway registries

ANZEDAR

EM physicians (85.7%)

Medical (78.4%)

84.3%

VL (54.3%)

Rate of RSI (74%)

Etomidate (52%) Succinylcholine (43%)

16%

Hypoxia (11.9%)

BCARE

EM attending physicians (67.8%)

Intracranial hemorrhage/ stroke (14.6%)

85.2%

VL (57.5%)

Not reported

16.9%

Hypoxia (% not reported)

Chulalongkorn Airway Registry

EM 1st or 2nd year resident (53.6%)

Medical (35.5%), Congestive heart failure (18.6%)

74.3%

DL (84.5%)

Rate of RSI (57.4%)

Etomidate (49.1%)

Succinylcholine (55.5%)

13.2%

Hypotension (4.1%)

Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Airway Registry

Anesthetists (63.8%)

Medical (93%), Respiratory failure (55.8%)

89.6%

Not reported

Rate of RSI (9%)

Fentanyl (68.4%)

Rocuronium (41.6%)

No medication (21.6%)

22.1%

Hypotension (4.3%)

Cleveland Clinic Emergency Airway Registry

EM resident (91%)

Not reported

74%

DL (60.6%)

Rate of RSI (73%)**

Not reported

Not reported

Continuous Quality Improvement Database

EM physician PGY1 or 2 (56%)

Medical (66%), Airway protection (68%)

92.4%

VL (94%)

Rate of RSI (85.2%)

Succinylcholine (60%)

Etomidate (88%)

14.6%

Hypoxia (11.2%)

DREAM

EM PGY-2 (61%)

EM PGY-1 (28%)

Trauma (64%)

93%

VL (86%)

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

EDIR

EM physician (75.3%)

Medical (75%), cardiac arrest (21%)

85.5%

Not reported

Rate of RSI (68%)

Thiopental (43%)

Succinylcholine (65%)

9.8%

Hypotension (4.2%)

JEANI + II

EM attendings or residents (57%), transitional year resident (PGY1 or 2) (37%)

Medical (54%)

74%

DL (58%)

Rate of RSI (53%)

Midazolam (49%)

Rocuronium (84%)

14%

Esophageal intubation (4.4%)

KEAMR

PGY-1 EM resident (41%)

Medical (70.7%),"Anticipated oxygenation or airway protection failure" (40.3%)

84.8%

VL (55.4%)

Rate of RSI (61.3%)**

6.5%

Esophageal intubation (3.4%)

King Abdulaziz University Hospital Airway Registry

EM trainee (71.9%)

Airway protection (48.6%)

80%

VL (69.2%)

Not reported

Not reported

Esophageal intubation (3.4%)

NEARI

EM residents, EM attendings, non-EM residents (% not reported)

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Rate of RSI (79%)**

Not reported

Not reported

NEARII

EM physicians (87%)

Medical (67%), Cardiac arrest (12%)

81%

DL (86%)

Rate of RSI (69%)

Etomidate 32.8%, Succinylcholine 75%

12%

Esophageal intubation (2.9%)

NEARIII

EM PGY2 (42%)

Altered mental status (26.4%)

91.9%

VL (80.3%)

Rate of RSI (83%)

​​Rocuronium (60%)

Etomidate (78.9%)

16.5%

Hypoxia (10%)

NERRA

EM (54%)

Anesthesia/ Intensive Care Medicine (46%)

90% at trainee level

Medical (83%), Cardiac arrest (30%)

89%

VL (53%)

Propofol (50%)

Rocuronium (74%)

No Sedation (23%)

No paralytic (20%)

19%

Hypotension (10%)

Samsung Medical Centre Emergency Airway Program

EM PGY1 or 2 (50%)

Respiratory failure (50.1%)

79%

VL (60%)

Rate of RSI (84%)

Etomidate (48%) Succinylcholine (62%)

8%

Esophageal intubation (6%)

Singapore General Hospital Emergency Airway Registry

EM physicians (98.6%)

EM attendings (60%)

Medical (86.4% -91.5%)

77.5%

DL (87.3%)

Rate of RSI (55.4%)**

12.9%

Not reported

The Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Airway Registry

EM, anaesthesia, ITU doctors (% not reported)

Not reported

81.1%

Not reported

Not reported

13%

Hypoxia:

With bougie (15.1%)

No bougie (7.5%)

The Alfred Airway Registry

EM resident (63.5%)

Medical (56.4%)

93.8%

VL (82.5%)

Ketamine (42.3%)

Rocuronium (52.1%)

20.4%

Hypoxia (9.6%)

The Royal North Shore Emergency Airway Registry

EM resident (57.5%)

Medical (70%)—Overdose/ingestion (% not reported)

93.9%

VL (92.7%)

Sedation used (92.4%)

Paralytic used (92.6%)**

19.4%

Hypoxia (10.9%)

Middlemore Hospital Airway Registry

Not reported

Medical (52%), Intracranial hemorrhage/ stroke (12.4%)

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

South African ED Registry

EM trainees (% not reported)

Medical (71.9%), Pulmonary causes (20.3%)

77.7%

VL (52%)

Etomidate (46.8%)

33%

Hypoxia (16.2%)