Background It is customary to believe that a patient with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
score less than or equal to 8 should be intubated to avoid aspiration. We conducted a …

Many standard trauma management guidelines advocate the early use of endotracheal
intubation (ETI) and positive pressure ventilation as key treatment interventions in …

Background Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is extremely disabling and associated with
high mortality. Early detection of patients at risk of short-term (≤ 14 days after injury) death …

The original guidelines of cardiopulmonary resuscitation focused on the establishment of an
airway and rescue breathing before restoration of circulation through cardiopulmonary …

Background Pre-hospital advanced airway management with oxygenation and ventilation
may be vital for managing critically ill or injured patients. To improve pre-hospital critical care …

BACKGROUND The Israeli Defense Force Medical Corps (IDF-MC) is routinely collecting
prehospital data to establish a prehospital registry. Since February 2013, Israel has been …

Objective It is unclear if prehospital intubation improves survival in patients with traumatic
brain injury. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the impact of …

Background Prehospital endotracheal intubation is a debated topic, and few studies have
found it beneficial after trauma. A growing body of evidence suggests that prehospital …

Advanced airway management is a treatment priority in trauma care. It is likely that a
proportion of patients who receive urgent airway management on arrival in the emergency …

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