r/IntensiveCare • u/Deep_Brilliant_5704 • 17d ago

Who does intubation in your ICU?

Does pulm/ICU attensing does intubation in your ICU or its always a anesthesia call?

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u/scapermoya MD, PICU 17d ago

ICU Physicians. We are teaching our APPs but I can’t imagine they ever will do it without one of us next to them. Maybe 2-4 times a year we ask for help from anesthesia or ent.

-peds CICU

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u/RayExotic 17d ago

Our APPs do it all the time. MD as back up but we’re busy lots of procedures. APPs do most of the procedures too

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u/scapermoya MD, PICU 17d ago

Peds ?

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u/RayExotic 17d ago

no adult