Background: Most potentially preventable deaths occur in the prehospital setting before
reaching a military treatment facility with surgical capabilities. Thus, optimizing the care we …

Objective: Cricothyroidotomy is an advanced airway procedure for critically ill or injured
patients. In Victoria, Australia, intensive care paramedics (ICPs) perform needle …

Background Airway management is a core component of the treatment of cardiac arrest.
Where a rescuer cannot establish a patent airway to provide oxygenation and ventilation …

Bag-valve-mask ventilation and endotracheal intubation have been the mainstay of
prehospital airway management for over four decades. Recently, supraglottic device use …

BACKGROUND Many advancements in supraglottic airway technology have occurred since
the start of the Global War on Terrorism. While the Tactical Combat Casualty Care …

Background Airway obstruction is the second leading cause of potentially survivable death
on the battlefield. The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care lists airway optimization …

Abstract Background The MARCH (Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Respirations, Circulation,
and Hypothermia/Head injuries) algorithm taught to military medics includes interventions to …

Introduction Airway compromise is the second leading cause of potentially preventable
prehospital combat death. Endotracheal intubation (ETI) remains the most common role 1 …

Introduction Ketamine administration in patients experiencing or at risk for hypotension is
common based upon the presumption of this agent's favorable hemodynamic profile. The …

Background: Failed airway management is the second leading cause of preventable death
on the battlefield. The prehospital trauma registry (PHTR) after action-review (AAR) allows …