Table 1.

Prevalence of airway management interventions. Reported rates represent portion of 949,301 total patient care events. BiPAP = bilevel positive airway pressure. CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure. PEEP = positive end expiratory pressure.

Intervention	N	N per 100,000 patient care events (95% CI)
Bag-valve-mask ventilation	2,884	304 (293–315)
Other ventilation	8,881	935 (916–955)
Endotracheal intubation	3,124	329 (318–341)
Orotracheal intubation	2,985	314 (303–325)
Nasotracheal intubation	130	14 (11–16)
Rapid Sequence intubation	426	45 (41–49)
Alternate airway	389	41 (37–45)
Combitube	105	11 (9.0–13)
Esophageal-Obturator	21	2.2 (1.4–3.4)
Laryngeal Mask Airway	167	17 (15–20)
King LT	96	10 (8–12)
Cricothyroidotomy	62	6.5 (5.0–8.4)
Needle cricothyroidotomy	47	5.0 (3.6–6.6)
Surgical cricothyroidotomy	15	1.6 (0.88–2.6)
BiPAP/CPAP	649	68 (63–74)
Oropharyngeal airway	2,114	223 (213–232)
Nasopharyngeal airway	13,710	1444 (1420–1468)
Colorimetric tube confirmation	871	92 (86–98)
Bulb tube confirmation	487	51 (47–56)
Nebulizer	9,061	954 (935–974)
PEEP	2,935	252 (242–263)
Suction	5,755	606 (590–622)
Foreign Body Removal	20	2.1 (1.3–3.3)