Standardised data reporting from pre-hospital advanced airway management - a nominal group technique update of the Utstein-style airway template.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-hospital advanced airway management with oxygenation and ventilation may be vital for managing critically ill or injured patients. To improve pre-hospital critical care and develop evidence-based guidelines, research on standardised high-quality data is important. We aimed to identify which airway data were most important to report today and to revise and update a previously reported Utstein-style airway management dataset.

Methods

We recruited sixteen international experts in pre-hospital airway management from Australia, United States of America, and Europe. We used a five-step modified nominal group technique to revise the dataset, and clinical study results from the original template were used to guide the process.

Results

The experts agreed on a ke

SUBMITTER: Sunde GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987657 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature