Project for Universal Management of Airways - part 1: concept and methods.

ABSTRACT: Multiple professional groups and societies worldwide have produced airway management guidelines. These are typically targeted at the process of tracheal intubation by a particular provider group in a restricted category of patients and reflect practice preferences in a particular geographical region. The existence of multiple distinct guidelines for some (but not other) closely related circumstances, increases complexity and may obscure the underlying principles that are common to all of them. This has the potential to increase cognitive load; promote the grouping of ideas in silos; impair teamwork; and ultimately compromise patient care. Development of a single set of airway management guidelines that can be applied across and beyond these domains may improve implementation; promote stand

SUBMITTER: Chrimes N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756721 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature