Abstract
We emergency physicians do perform the bronchoscopy in critically ill patients in whom respiratory and circulatory status tend to be unstable in the Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Center. The bronchoscopy is an indispensable life-saving procedure for emergency respiratory care. Therefore, the bronchoscopy procedures should be performed by physicians who are skilled and trained in the use of this versatile instrument with close monitoring. The respiratory bronchoscopist usually does perform the bronchoscopic examination for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes of various pulmonary diseases. With trained personnel including emergency physicians and respiratory bronchoscopists available to provide optimal bronchoscopic procedure results in significant benefits for the severley ill patients.
