Table 2.
Characteristics of patients who received airway management intervention. ETI: endotracheal intubation, BiPAP: Bilevel positive airway pressure.
| Characteristic | All invasive airway or ventillatory support (n=14,107) |
ETI, alternate airway, cricothyroidotomy, BiPAP only (n=3523) |
ETI only (n=2984) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Age group | ||||||
| 0–1 month | 1,881 | (13.4) | 554 | (15.7) | 534 | (18.0) |
| 1–12 months | 2,317 | (16.5) | 718 | (20.4) | 667 | (22.4) |
| 1–5 years | 2,406 | (17.1) | 453 | (12.9) | 381 | (12.8) |
| 5–11 years | 1,626 | (11.6) | 341 | (9.7) | 289 | (9.7) |
| 11–17 years | 4,086 | (29.0) | 1,087 | (30.9) | 813 | (27.2) |
| unknown | 1,755 | (12.5) | 370 | (10.5) | 300 | (10.1) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 8,172 | (58.1) | 2,178 | (61.8) | 1862 | (62.4) |
| Female | 5,751 | (40.9) | 1,323 | (37.6) | 1101 | (36.9) |
| Unknown | 148 | (1.1) | 22 | (0.62) | 21 | (0.7) |
| Race | ||||||
| American Indian | 161 | (1.1) | 44 | (1.3) | 33 | (1.1) |
| Asian | 203 | (1.4) | 39 | (1.1) | 29 | (0.97) |
| African American | 2,440 | (17.3) | 642 | (18.2) | 547 | (18.3) |
| Pacific Islander | 155 | (1.1) | 5 | (0.14) | 4 | (0.13) |
| White | 5,953 | (42.3) | 1,853 | (52.6) | 1,615 | (54.1) |
| Other | 676 | (4.8) | 181 | (5.1) | 150 | (5.0) |
| Unknown | 4,483 | (31.9) | 759 | (21.5) | 606 | (20.3) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 977 | (6.9) | 213 | (6.1) | 171 | (5.7) |
| Not Hispanic | 7,297 | (51.9) | 2,163 | (61.4) | 1,892 | (63.4) |
| Unknown | 5,797 | (41.2) | 1147 | (32.6) | 921 | (30.9) |
| Cardiac Arrest | ||||||
| Yes | 1,789 | (12.7) | 1,202 | (34.1) | 1,082 | (34.3) |
| No | 8,052 | (57.2) | 1,612 | (45.8) | 1,360 | (45.6) |
| Unknown | 4,230 | (30.1) | 709 | (20.1) | 542 | (18.1) |
| Injury | ||||||
| Yes | 2,822 | (20.1) | 997 | (28.3) | 851 | (28.5) |
| No | 9,799 | (69.6) | 1,925 | (54.6) | 1,607 | (53.9) |
| Unknown | 1,450 | (10.3) | 601 | (17.1) | 526 | (17.6) |
| Population Setting | ||||||
| Rural | 1,179 | (8.6) | 374 | (11.0) | 322 | (11.3) |
| Suburban | 824 | (6.0) | 222 | (6.5) | 191 | (6.7) |
| Urban | 11,493 | (83.6) | 2,725 | (80.3) | 2,297 | (80.3) |
| Wilderness | 257 | (1.9) | 73 | (2.2) | 52 | (1.8) |
| Unknown | 318 | (2.3) | 131 | (3.7) | 122 | (4.1) |
| US census region | ||||||
| Midwest | 2,611 | (18.6) | 930 | (26.4) | 778 | (26.1) |
| Northeast | 4,075 | (29.0) | 672 | (19.1) | 519 | (17.4) |
| South | 4,709 | (33.5) | 1,659 | (47.1) | 1,479 | (49.6) |
| West | 2,646 | (18.8) | 261 | (7.4) | 207 | (6.9) |