Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority

Abstract The conduct and benefit of pre-hospital advanced airway management and pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia have been widely debated for many years. In 2011, prehospital advanced airway management was identified as a ‘top five’ in physician-provided pre-hospital critical care. This article su...

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Main Authors: K. Crewdson, M. Rehn, D. Lockey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0556-4
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spelling doaj-3abe485f226b4cd0b9cadd5f48a36b4b2020-11-24T21:58:25ZengBMCScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine1757-72412018-10-012611610.1186/s13049-018-0556-4Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priorityK. Crewdson0M. Rehn1D. Lockey2Department of Anaesthesia, North Bristol NHS TrustDepartment of Research, Norwegian Air Ambulance FoundationDepartment of Anaesthesia, North Bristol NHS TrustAbstract The conduct and benefit of pre-hospital advanced airway management and pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia have been widely debated for many years. In 2011, prehospital advanced airway management was identified as a ‘top five’ in physician-provided pre-hospital critical care. This article summarises the evidence for and against this intervention since 2011 and attempts to address some of the more controversial areas of this topic.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0556-4Airway managementEmergency medical servicesIntubation
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Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Airway management
Emergency medical services
Intubation
author_facet K. Crewdson
M. Rehn
D. Lockey
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title Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
title_short Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
title_full Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
title_fullStr Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
title_full_unstemmed Airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
title_sort airway management in pre-hospital critical care: a review of the evidence for a ‘top five’ research priority
publisher BMC
series Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
issn 1757-7241
publishDate 2018-10-01
description Abstract The conduct and benefit of pre-hospital advanced airway management and pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia have been widely debated for many years. In 2011, prehospital advanced airway management was identified as a ‘top five’ in physician-provided pre-hospital critical care. This article summarises the evidence for and against this intervention since 2011 and attempts to address some of the more controversial areas of this topic.
topic Airway management
Emergency medical services
Intubation
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0556-4
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