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Oh, one other thing I forgot that added to my question was that the first thing they did on our arrival to the ER was intubate this patient, with RSI. I know we aren't the ED, but it just made the question stand out that much more.

Thanks for the replies. So for everyone who said she doesn't need to be intubated because I said she was "breathing adequately": What would you do if she was breathing at, say 4 per minute and SPO2 is 60 but still has a gag reflex. Would/do you nasally intubate? Do you keep the NPA in place...

I'm going to probably sound like an idiot, but please don't be too hard on me. It's my first time posting and I'm a relatively new medic student. We have not covered intubation yet and I have some questions. I was doing some of my BLS rides (riding on an ALS rig but only being able to do...