CPAP Preoxygenation and Delayed Sequence Intubation

Scott D. Weingart, MD, director of ED Critical Care at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, describes two cutting edge and somewhat controversial new approaches to the pre-intubation period. CPAP Preoxygenation may significantly increase the oxygen reserves in patients with shunt physiology. Delayed sequence intubation allows the safe preoxygenation in patients with illness-induced delirium—it is essentially procedural sedation for preoxygenation.