Alternate airways in the prehospital setting (resource document to NAEMSP position statement).

نویسندگان

  • Francis X Guyette
  • Mark J Greenwood
  • Diana Neubecker
  • Ronald Roth
  • Henry E Wang
چکیده

In the United States, advanced level rescuers often use endotracheal intubation (ETI) to provide oxygenation and ventilation to apneic or hypoventilating patients. Alternate airways are devices that facilitate oxygenation and ventilation without the use of an endotracheal tube (Table 1). Other terms used to describe an alternate airway include rescue airway device, alternative airway, secondary airway, failed airway device, difficult airway device, salvage airway and backup airway, among others. Although rescuers typically use alternate airways when ETI is not feasible, these devices are occasionally used as the primary airway device. This resource document reviews the rationale and data supporting the availability and use of alternate airways in prehospital airway care.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors

دوره 11 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007