An Algorithmic Approach to Prehospital Airway Management

Abstract

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 andreducing errors as well as for training rescuers in airway management.

Keywords:

• Airway management, training
• including endotracheal intubation
• algorithm
• safety
• training