Emergency orotracheal intubation is indicated in any situation that requires definitive control of the airway. This video demonstrates how to perform orotracheal intubation. Specific indications ar ...

Learn about intubation, including how the procedure works, when it's used, and what the possible benefits and risks are.

Of those, nonewere done correctly -- which, by the way, involves flexion of the lower cervical spine, extension of the atlanto-occipital joint, and raising the ears anterior to the sternum.

If you can't breathe on your own, intubation is the process that puts in the tube that connects you to a ventilator. Find out what you can expect from the procedure.

No? Then you don’t need a N95. Because providers that are required to intubate rapidly decompensating patients at a moment’s notice are low on N95s because you’re wearing one.

The intubation process involves inserting a plastic tube nearly a foot long down the patient’s windpipe — an up-close and therefore risky maneuver.