Contributor: Don Stader, MD

Educational Pearls:

• In a secondary analysis of the PART trial, the mortality effect of timing of airway management for patients in cardiac arrest was examined
• Study looked at whether timing played a part in both laryngeal tube placement or endotracheal intubation during cardiac arrest
• Did not find any association of timing and survival to hospital discharge
• High-quality CPR and defibrillation are the only two things that improve outcomes in cardiac arrest

References

Okubo M, Komukai S, Izawa J, Aufderheide TP, Benoit JL, Carlson JN, Daya MR, Hansen M, Idris AH, Le N, Lupton JR, Nichol G, Wang HE, Callaway CW. Association of Advanced Airway Insertion Timing and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;79(2):118-131. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.07.114. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34538500.

Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD

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