Uh... Duh? I don't understand how this is even a question.
Did people seriously think that waiting to help someone who can't breathe would have a more favorable outcome?
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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Not all trauma patients "can't breath". And this is just an AI model predicting which severe trauma patients would benefit from intubation.
Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at hospital compared to insertion afterwards, suggests a modelling study led by researchers at UCL and the Severn Major Trauma Network.
That doesn't indicate the patient "can't breath". Trauma victims can be intubated to help them manage polytrauma.
If a breathing tube is "urgently required", then the patient is having trouble breathing in some way.
"can't breath" v. trouble breathing aren't the same.