The University of Texas at San Antonio is an emerging Tier One research institution with nearly 29,000 students.
Principal Investigator(s)
Hood, Robert,
Feng, Yusheng,
De Lorenzo, Robert,
Blackburn, Megan
Funded by
San Antonio Medical Foundation
Collaborating Institutions
UT Health San Antonio,
US Army Institute for Surgical Research
Current practices for airway management in traumatic injury care are profoundly inadequate. During immediate care of a trauma patient, securing the airway is often the top priority for the attending provider. Studies have shown that tracheal intubation complications occurred in ~20% of attempts. Surgical airways such as cricothyrotomy are often promoted as an alternative, but pre-hospital failure rates ranging from 18-33% suggest this approach is not a viable solution.
