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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2005 5(2):45-48; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mki016
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 5 Number 2 2005 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia [2005]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions{at}oupjournals.org

Rapid sequence induction

Rhona CF Sinclair, BMedSci BM BS MRCP, SHO Anaesthesia
Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Mark C Luxton, BM BS FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist
Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
E-mail: mark.luxton{at}mail.qmcuh-tr.trent.nhs.uk (for correspondence)

Rapid sequence induction (RSI) is an established method of inducing anaesthesia in patients who are at risk of aspiration of gastric contents into the lungs. It involves loss of consciousness during cricoid pressure followed by intubation without face mask ventilation. The aim is to intubate the trachea as quickly and as safely as possible. This technique is employed daily during emergency surgery.


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