Out-of-Hospital Intubation Trends Through the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Endotracheal intubation is a critical out-of-hospital procedure, and provider experience is linked to intubation success and improved patient outcomes. 1 Dyson K. Bray J.E. Smith K. et al. Paramedic intubation experience is associated with successful tube placement but not cardiac arrest survival. Ann Emerg Med. 2017; 70: 382-390.e1 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (21) Google Scholar ,2 Wang H.E. Balasubramani G.K. Cook L.J. et al. Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation experience and patient outcomes. Ann Emerg Med. 2010; 55: 527-537.e6 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (81) Google Scholar Little is known about out-of-hospital intubation rates during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We sought to evaluate trends in out-of-hospital intubations during 2020 and 2021 compared with those in prior years using a national out-of-hospital database.