Advanced Airway Practice Patterns and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although advanced airway (AA) practice patterns have varied over time, their association with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes is unknown.

Objective

To determine the association between AA temporal practice patterns of emergency medical service (EMS) agencies and OHCA outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from multicenter EMS agencies participating in the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival database. The study included adults (aged ≥18 years) with OHCA treated by EMS agencies that had 25 or more OHCA episodes annually from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2022.

Exposure

AA interventions included supraglottic airway (SGA) device use or endotracheal intubation (ETI). Patients were ca

SUBMITTER: Nassal MMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12444570 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature