Editing Rapid sequence induction (section)

{{Short description|Special process for endotracheal intubation}}
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In [[anaesthesia]] and [[advanced airway management]], '''rapid sequence induction''' ('''RSI''') – also referred to as '''rapid sequence intubation''' or as '''rapid sequence induction and intubation''' ('''RSII''') or as '''crash induction'''<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Nasr NF, Al-Jindi PC, Nasr IF |year= 2018|chapter= Chapter 16. Rapid Sequence Intubation|chapter-url= https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159794308| veditors = Reichman EF |title= Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures|url= https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=2498|edition= 3|publisher= McGraw-Hill Education|isbn= 9781259861925}}</ref> – is a special process for [[endotracheal intubation]] that is used where the patient is at a high risk of [[pulmonary aspiration]]. It differs from other techniques for inducing [[general anesthesia]] in that several extra precautions are taken to minimize the time between giving the induction drugs and securing the tube, during which period the patient's airway is essentially unprotected.<ref name="ceaccp2014">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wallace C, McGuire B |year=2014 |title=Rapid sequence induction: its place in modern anaesthesia |url=https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/14/3/130/341233 |journal=Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=130–135 |doi=10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkt047 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

One important difference between RSI and routine tracheal intubation is that the [[Anesthesiology|anesthesiologist]] does not typically manually assist the ventilation of the lungs after the onset of general anesthesia and [[apnea|cessation of breathing]] until the trachea has been intubated and the cuff has been inflated.<ref name="Stone2000">{{cite book |author=Stone DJ and Gal TJ |title=Anesthesia, Volume 1 |publisher=Churchill Livingstone |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-443-07995-5 | veditors = Miller RD |edition=5th |location=Philadelphia |pages=1414–51 |chapter=Airway management}}</ref> RSI is typically used in patients who are at high risk of aspiration or who are critically ill and may be performed by [[anaesthesiologist|anaesthesiologists]], [[intensivist|intensivists]], [[emergency physician|emergency physicians]] or, in some regions, [[Paramedic|paramedics]].