Intubating in Illinois (specifically Chicago)

[BillThompson]

Was watching something with the wife the other day from Chicago in the mid-1990s and they made reference to needing a doctor to intubate a patient in the field. When exactly did medics start intubating in the field in the Chicago area, cause honestly I feel like they were already doing it in the mid-1990s.

 

[NomadicMedic]

This is pretty old and Chicago Fire tubed this guy. Looks pretty 80s to me.

 

[cprted]

Possibly they need to contact medical control before performing an intubation?

 

[BillThompson]

Nah, they don't do that now, and I';m fairly certain that ever since they started tubing they have been doing it based on their own judgment. Thanks for the info though, I was pretty sure the needing doctors in the field to intubate thing was wrong.