Initial method of intubation
| All trauma patients | Patients without cardiac arrest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Per cent | 95% CI | n | Per cent | 95% CI | |
| Rapid sequence intubation | 173 | 23.9 | (21.0 to 27.2) | 173 | 35.5 | (31.4 to 39.9) |
| Sedation without paralysis | 153 | 21.2 | (18.3 to 24.3) | 153 | 31.4 | (27.5 to 35.7) |
| Paralytics without sedation | 19 | 2.6 | (1.7 to 4.1) | 19 | 3.9 | (2.5 to 6.0) |
| Oral without sedation | 349 | 48.3 | (44.6 to 52.0) | 127 | 26.1 | (22.4 to 30.2) |
| Surgical | 16 | 2.2 | (1.4 to 3.6) | 2 | 0.4 | (0.1 to 1.5) |
| Nasal intubation | 13 | 1.8 | (1.1 to 3.1) | 13 | 2.7 | (1.6 to 4.5) |
| Total | 723 | 100 | 487 | 100 | ||
CI, confidence interval.