Secuencia de intubación rápida

Abstract

Establishing an airway is a stressful, high-risk maneuver for a physician. The rapid sequence intubation procedure is used to minimize complications, achieve a high success rate, and reduce stress. The sequence involves the following 7 steps: 1) planning and preparation, 2) preoxygenation, 3) pretreatment, 4) sedation and neuromuscular relaxation, 5) protection and positioning, 6) tube placement inside the trachea with proof, and 7) postintubation management. This review describes the steps and explains how to carry them out.