Emergency Airway Management

Key Points

• This research evaluates strategies to enhance safety in emergency airway management by assessing risk factors and interventions.
• Assessment of patient risk prior to airway management
• Comparison of pre-oxygenation effectiveness in critically ill versus less sick patients
• Analysis of the effects of induction agents and muscle relaxants on emergency intubation complications
• Investigation of supervisory roles in reducing complication rates during airway management
• Review of standardized algorithms for improving intubation success
• Higher complication rates are linked to emergency airway management without patient evaluation
• Pre-oxygenation is less effective in critically ill patients
• Induction agents often cause hypotension during intubation
• Controversy exists around muscle relaxant use, but they remain commonly used
• Supervision by attending physicians correlates with reduced complications in airway management
• Standardized algorithms may enhance intubation success rates