An algorithmic approach to prehospital airway management.
Airway management, including endotracheal intubation, is considered one of the most important aspects of prehospital medical care. This concept paper proposes a systematic algorithm for performing prehospital airway management. The algorithm may be valuable as a tool for ensuring patient safety and reducing errors as well as for training rescuers in airway management.
Wang
Henry E
HE
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. wanghe@upmc.edu
Kupas
Douglas F
DF
Greenwood
Mark J
MJ
Pinchalk
Mark E
ME
Mullins
Terry
T
Gluckman
William
W
Sweeney
Thomas A
TA
Hostler
David
D
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