Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n=150) and features of the EMS experience with intubation.
| Feature | Valuea |
|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |
| Age, y | 58.0 (19.5) |
| Weight, kg (n=148) | 83.5 (25.6) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 104 (69) |
| Female | 46 (31) |
| Height, feet | (n=139) |
| 4 to 4 ½ | 1 (1) |
| 4 ½ to 5 | 2 (1) |
| 5 to 5 ½ | 49 (35) |
| 5 ½ to 6 | 80 (58) |
| 6 to 6 ½ | 7 (5) |
| Features of EMS experience | |
| Crew | |
| Paramedic/EMT-basic | 58 (39) |
| Paramedic/paramedic | 92 (61) |
| Intubator experience, y (n=131) | 5.9 (0.6–33.3) |
| Intubator experience, y | (n=131) |
| <1 | 7 (5) |
| 1 to 4 | 53 (40) |
| 5 to 9 | 25 (19) |
| ≥10 | 46 (35) |
| Intubation attempts | |
| 1 | 112 (75) |
| 2 | 29 (19) |
| 3 | 6 (4) |
| 4 | 3 (2) |
| Cervical collar | |
| No | 116 (77) |
| Yes | 34 (23) |
| Rapid sequence intubation | (n=149) |
| No | 112 (75) |
| Yes | 37 (25) |
| Endotracheal tube size, mm, internal diameter | (n=149) |
| 6 | 3 (2) |
| 6.5 | 3 (2) |
| 7 | 82 (55) |
| 7.5 | 53 (36) |
| 8 | 8 (5) |
| Glottis view | (n=139) |
| Entire | 95 (68) |
| Some | 19 (14) |
| Little | 12 (9) |
| None | 13 (9) |
| Stylet | (n=147) |
| Gum bougie | 103 (70) |
| Wire/satin slip | 38 (26) |
| Other | 6 (4) |
EMS, emergency medical services; EMT, emergency medical technician
a
Values are mean (SD), median (range), or No. of patients (%)