title: Rapid-sequence intubation of the pediatric patient. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
abstract: Airway compromise is the most common cause of death and severe morbidity in acutely ill and injured children. Rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) is a technique for emergency airway control designed to maximize successful endotracheal intubation while minimizing the adverse physiologic effects of this procedure. RSI requires familiarity with patient evaluation, airway-management techniques, sedation agents, neuromuscular blocking agents, additional adjunctive agents, and postintubation management techniques. Emergency physicians should use RSI techniques in the endotracheal intubation of critically ill children.
authors.affiliation: Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gerardi
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sacchetti
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cantor
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Santamaria
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gausche
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lucid
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Foltin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003663:Decision Trees; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018579:Patient Selection
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents