When will you do emergency endotracheal intubation?
Ans.(a) GCS<7Ref: Ezri T and Warters RD, Chapter 15: Indications for tracheal intubation p. 371-8 * In a case of head trauma if GCS is 8 or less - a definitive airway may be required.
GCS<7
Tension pneumothorax
Cardiac tamponade
Bleeding gastric ulcer
Trauma