Prehospital Airway Management

Recently, however, various different works have been published which have cast doubt on the real efficacy of tracheal intubation, a maneuver which is considered to be the gold standard in airway management. In some cases the management of prehospital tracheal intubation has been attributed to potentially worsening the critical patient’s final outcome. Unfortunately, an analysis of prehospital airway management studies, especially the more recently published articles, has created more questions than answers.