Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

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Emerg Med J · Jan 2022

Randomized Controlled Trial

Prehospital continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for acute respiratory distress: a randomised controlled trial.

To compare the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) versus usual care for prehospital patients with severe respiratory distress. ⋯ The use of prehospital CPAP by EMS paramedics reduced dyspnoea and tachypnoea in patients with acute respiratory distress but did not impact hospital length of stay.

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