Prehospital use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway in patients with severe polytrauma: a case series.
Case Reports in Medicine · 2009-01-01 · Case report
Abstract
A case series of five patients is described demonstrating the utility of the intubating laryngeal mask airway in the prehospital setting, both as a primary airway rescue device and as a bridge to tracheal intubation. All patients were hypoxaemic, had sustained severe polytrauma and were trapped in their vehicles following road traffic collisions. A probability of survival study showed better-than-predicted outcomes for the group as a whole.
Abstract © the authors or publisher, via PubMed. Reuse and removal
Tags
Endotracheal intubation · Supraglottic airway · Mortality & survival
Related articles
- In-hospital mortality after prehospital endotracheal intubation versus alternative methods of airway management in trauma patients. A cohort study from the TraumaRegister DGU®. (Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg, 2024)
- Prehospital advanced airway management of emergency medical service-witnessed traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: analysis of nationwide trauma registry. (Acute Med Surg, 2022)
- Prehospital endotracheal intubation vs extraglottic airway device in blunt trauma. (Am J Emerg Med, 2015)
- Advanced airway management in combat casualties by medics at the point of injury: a sub-group analysis of the reach study. (J Spec Oper Med, 2011)
- Improving Outcomes Associated with Prehospital Combat Airway Interventions: An Unrealized Opportunity. (J Spec Oper Med, 2023)
- Prehospital endotracheal intubation for traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and improved neurological outcomes. (Emerg Med J, 2024)