Pretty much any time a patient is placed under a general anesthetic, a plastic endotracheal tube is inserted down their throat, in order to keep their airway open. The procedure is known as intubation ...

When COVID-19 abruptly ended the competition season for the International Academy of Macomb’s robotics team, students channeled their talents into a project that would help combat the pandemic. The ...

A group of Rowan University students and a professor are making 32 boxes that will help shield health care workers intubating patients suffering from the coronavirus. Using a set of open-source plans ...

Intubation is a technique doctors can use to keep your airway open by placing a tube into your trachea (windpipe) either through your mouth or nose. You may need to be intubated if your airway is ...

We're desperate to learn from other people's innovations as well as other people's mistakes. When we passed around that video [about how] an intubation team was really successful in Wuhan, China, we ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) -Many patients with covid-19 may require intubation, and the likelihood of particles spreading during the procedure is a serious concern for doctors and nurses. Christus ...

Intubation is a word that’s been mentioned a lot lately when it comes to discussing patients who are seriously ill with COVID-19. But the procedure isn’t specific to the novel coronavirus; it’s been ...

In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds ...

In 2015, Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, New York, unveiled a new, state-of-the-art intensive care unit that, at 20,000 square feet, is more than triple the size of the previous ICU. All rooms ...