RSI — Drugs, Doses & Checklist
The Rapid Sequence Intubation guide walks through the '7 P's' of RSI alongside a drug reference table and five scenario-specific intubation medication sequences, matching the app's own subtitle. It frames intubation conceptually as 'analgesia + sedation + neuromuscular blocker +/- premedication,' and tailors agent selection to five clinical contexts: a standard sequence, an asthma/reactive-airway sequence, a haemodynamic-instability sequence, a head-injury sequence, and considerations for renal or hepatic organ failure.
Preparation, Preoxygenation, Pretreatment, Paralysis/Induction, Positioning, Placement with proof, and Post-intubation management — each anchored to a time point relative to the intubation attempt.
The app provides five separate sequences — standard, asthma, haemodynamic instability, head injury, and organ failure — each substituting or reordering induction, paralytic, and adjunct agents to suit that clinical context.
The guide names continuous waveform capnography (ETCO2 trace) as the gold standard, alongside bilateral chest rise, equal air entry, absence of epigastric sounds, tube condensation, rising SpO2, and a follow-up chest X-ray for tip position.
Individual drug doses live inside the app's reference tables; this page describes the framework and scope rather than restating specific milligram-per-kilogram figures, since dosing should always be verified against the current in-app source and local protocol.