LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) – Medical experts across the Southland are calling for changes to intubation procedures they say prevent paramedics from using potentially lifesaving technology on choking ...

Working as an emergency and critical care physician at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Steven Tropello is seeing the lack of protective equipment for medical workers up close. One ...

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Salem Fire Department rolled out about 17 new video laryngoscopes on Sept. 21. The portable device attached to a disposable blade with an embedded camera should increase the first pass rate by 30 ...

Intubations are a common medical practice in which doctors insert a tube into the trachea to hold the airway open for patients who cannot breathe effectively due to illness or trauma-related injuries.