Any time an endotracheal tube is placed into a patients airway in the Emergency Department (ED)or a patient arrives to the ED with an endotracheal tube already in place ( via EMS or hospital transfer) there should be appropriate confirmation of ETT placement and documentation of its performance in the medical record.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of ED patients with an endotracheal tube(ETT) placed or assesed with an endotracheal already in place who had the ETT confirmation performed.
Denominator
Total number of patients identified with an endotracheal tube cared for in the ED. This population includes those patients who had an ETT´s placed in the ED and those patients who arrived to the ED with an ETT already in place.
Exclusions
No exclusions
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