Patient with exessive burns, blind nasotracheally intubated after anaesthesia with nalbuphine and etomidateEmergency patients are very ill, occasional in shock, they are generally unknown to the rescue team (allergy, concomitant diseases and body weight) and cannot be considered fasting. Occasionally you may add lacking qualifications in the intubating person, at least she or he has no one to call for help in case of problems. All these facts point towards selecting etomidate the principal hypnotic in emergency medicine. I shall try to explain why, but first another advantage of the ready-to-use preparation is considered.