• Prehosp Emerg Care · Apr 2005

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    An algorithmic approach to prehospital airway management.

    • Henry E Wang, Douglas F Kupas, Mark J Greenwood, Mark E Pinchalk, Terry Mullins, William Gluckman, Thomas A Sweeney, and David Hostler.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. wanghe@upmc.edu
    • Prehosp Emerg Care. 2005 Apr 1;9(2):145-55.

    AbstractAirway 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 and reducing errors as well as for training rescuers in airway management.

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