Evidence and controversies in pediatric prehospital airway management

Jennifer Anders, Kathleen Brown, Joelle Simpson, Marianne Gausche-Hill

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Abstract

Thirty years after the formation of the Emergency Medical Services for Children program, prehospital pediatric airway management remains a high priority area for research. This review discusses the existing pediatric evidence base and explores current controversies regarding prehospital airway maneuvers and endotracheal intubation, airway adjuvant devices and rapid sequence and drug facilitated intubation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)28-37
Number of pages10
JournalClinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014

Keywords

  • Airway
  • Airway devices
  • Airway foreign body
  • Intubation
  • Pediatric
  • Prehospital

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Emergency Medicine

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