ETI is a standard method for placement of advanced airway during CPR. Frequent attempts or delayed ETI may affect adversely on the outcomes of OHCA. However, there was no known detailed data of explaining this issues.~This study tried to evaluate effect of factors of ETI including numbers of trial, time for ETI trial, interruption time and esophageal intubation during CPR on outcomes of OHCA patients.
This is a clinical observation study based on analysis of video-clip data of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in emergency department. Aim of study is to evaluate effect of the factors relating endotracheal intubation (ETI) on the outcome of OHCA patients.