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Abstract
Cardiac arrest (CA) is a rare but recognized complication of emergency airway management.
Our aim was to measure the incidence of peri-intubation CA during emergency intubation
and identify factors associated with this complication.
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Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Carolinas Medical
Center, Charlotte, NC, United States; Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas
Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, United States. Electronic address: Alan.heffner@carolinashealthcare.org.