In-house back-up coverage was always available in 69.4% of the EDs.
The availability of in-house back-up coverage, surgical airway devices, and neuromuscular blocking agents was 69.4, 95.7, and 68.5%, respectively.
The availability of 24-h back-up coverage was significantly higher in academic EDs and tertiary EDs in both the crude and adjusted analysis.
"24-h in-house back-up coverage" was deemed obtainable if: (a) two or more physicians were usually on duty, including overnight, or (b) in-house experienced back-up coverage (anesthesiology or intensive care medicine) was available overnight, as previously described [22].
Finally, this study found a general trend that academic EDs, high-volume EDs, and tertiary EDs were well prepared in terms of their DAM resources, including 24-h back-up coverage and the availability of neuromuscular blocking agents (Table 9).
We chose "24-h in-house back-up coverage" as an outcome measure because the "call for help" is the first step and the most important component of DAM algorithms [18 20].
Outcomes of interests in this study were the availability of: (1) 24-h in-house back-up coverage; (2) DAM resources, including (a) SGA, (b) DAM cart, (c) surgical airway equipment, and (d) at least one neuromuscular blocking agent; (3) anesthesiology rotation as an airway management training program; and (4) the routine use of capnometry to confirm ETI.
To obtain information on the human resources for airway management, questions were asked about the usual number of on-duty staff ED physician(s) during the day and overnight, the board certification of ED physicians, and whether in-house, experienced (anesthesiology or intensive care medicine) back-up coverage can be called during overnight hours.
This month, the cost of her coverage shot back up by more than $250 a month.
As Mr. Obama described the gap, "Medicare covers up to $2,700 in yearly prescription costs and then stops, and the coverage starts back up when the costs exceed $6,100".
This is probably just the beginning of Colbert's antics at this year's RNC, and he will be teaming back up with Jon Stewart for full coverage of the event, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
