.
8-14 However, large-scale studies evaluating the association between
advanced airway management and patient-centered outcomes such as neurological
status do not exist. Thus, whether prehospital advanced airway
management by emergency medical service(EMS) personnel increases or decreases
the rate of favorable neurological outcome among adults with OHCA
remains to be determined.
15,16 The purpose of the current study was to examine whether CPR with any type of out-of-hospital advanced airway management by EMS personnel, compared
with CPR with conventional bag valve- mask ventilation, would be associated
with favorable neurological outcome in adult OHCA. In addition,we postulated that both advanced airway techniques (endotracheal intubation or use of supraglottic airways)
would be similarly associated with favorable neurological outcome after OHCA.