Objectives: The objective was to compare the type, rate, and selection of injured patients for
out‐of‐hospital airway procedures among emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in …

Background Effective airway management is the cornerstone of resuscitative efforts for any
critically ill or injured patient. The role and safety of pediatric prehospital intubation is …

Background Airway management is a key competence in emergency medicine. Patients
heavily differ from those in the operating room. They are acutely ill by definition and usually …

OBJECTIVE: Prior studies describe airway management by single EMS agencies, regions or
states. We sought to characterize out-of-hospital airway management interventions …

Study Objectives Out-of-hospital airway management is the cornerstone of resuscitative
efforts for any critically ill or injured patient. The utility of out-of-hospital intubation has been …

Objective The objective of this study was to characterize pediatric out-of-hospital airway
management interventions, success rates, and complications in the United States using the …

Objectives Airway management is a critical procedure performed frequently in emergency
departments (EDs). Previous studies have evaluated the complications associated with this …

IntroductionRoutine advanced airway usage by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has
had conflicting reports of being the secure airway of choice in pediatric patients. Hypothesis …

Background Cricothyrotomy is a critical technique for rescue of the failed airway in the
emergency department (ED). Since the adoption of video laryngoscopy, the incidence of …

Objective We characterized out-of-hospital airway management interventions, outcomes,
and complications using the 2012 NEMSIS Public-Release Research Data Set containing …