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. 2022 Feb 2;14(2):51-53.
doi: 10.12968/jpar.2022.14.2.51. Epub 2022 Feb 11.

Prehospital Airway Management

Steve Bell  1 , Betty Pennington  2 , James Hill  3 , Joanna Harrison  3
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Prehospital Airway Management

Steve Bell et al. J Paramed Pract. .

Abstract

The prehospital emergency airway management is a key moderating factor for patient survival and mortality rates. There has been much debate around the optimum method of prehospital emergency airway management. This commentary critically appraises a recent systematic review which assesses the harms and benefits of three different airway management strategies for a range of emergency clinical scenarios.

Keywords: Airway Management; Paramedic; Prehospital; systematic review.

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Conflict of interest disclosure; No authors have any conflicts of interest

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