Etomidate Should be the Default Agent for Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Emergency Department

Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;78(6):720-721. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.018.

Authors

Michael D April¹, Brit Long², Calvin A Brown 3rd³

Affiliations

¹ 40th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment, 627 Hospital Center, Fort Carson, CO; Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
² Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

PMID: 34802587
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.018

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Analgesics / administration & dosage*
Analgesics / adverse effects
Anesthetics, Intravenous / administration & dosage*
Anesthetics, Intravenous / adverse effects
Emergency Service, Hospital
Emergency Treatment / statistics & numerical data*
Etomidate / administration & dosage*
Etomidate / adverse effects
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives / administration & dosage*
Hypnotics and Sedatives / adverse effects
Intubation, Intratracheal
Ketamine / administration & dosage*
Ketamine / adverse effects
Rapid Sequence Induction and Intubation / methods*

Substances

Analgesics
Anesthetics, Intravenous
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Ketamine
Etomidate