Adult Patients with Respiratory Distress: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We developed evidence-based recommendations for prehospital evaluation and treatment of adult patients with respiratory distress. These recommendations are compared with current protocols used by the 33 local emergency medical services agencies (LEMSA) in California.

Methods

We performed a review of the evidence in the prehospital treatment of adult patients with respiratory distress. The quality of evidence was rated and used to form guidelines. We then compared the respiratory distress protocols of each of the 33 LEMSAs for consistency with these recommendations.

Results

PICO (population/problem, intervention, control group, outcome) questions investigated were treatment with oxygen, albuterol, ipratropium, steroids, nitroglycerin, furosemide, and non-i

SUBMITTER: Hodroge SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390576 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature