Comparison of outcomes between successful and failed prehospital advanced airway management by paramedic staff in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background and importance

Although advanced airway management is beneficial for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in certain situations, the impact of advanced airway management success or failure by the emergency medical service (EMS) crew on the clinical time course and outcomes has not yet been thoroughly evaluated.

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of EMS crew members' prehospital advanced airway management failure on patient outcomes in OHCA.

Design

Retrospective multicentre registry study.

Setting and participants

Data from an OHCA survey in a Japanese retrospective multicentre study conducted between 2019 and 2021 were reviewed.

Outcome measures and analysis

Patients who underwent advanced airway management were divided into succ

SUBMITTER: Takayama W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12560190 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature