REBEL Cast Ep 59: AIRWAYS-2 - September 27, 2018
..."Author Conclusion:
“Among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, randomization to a strategy of advanced airway management with a supraglottic airway device compared with tracheal intubation did not result in a favorable functional outcome at 30 days.”
Clinical Take Home Point:
In patients with OHCA, there was no difference in survival with good neurologic outcome regardless of supraglottic airway or tracheal intubation, however the supraglottic airway is easier to place, more likely to be successful, not more likely to lead to more regurgitation/aspiration, and allows for more focus on high quality CPR and should be used as the primary advanced airway technique in OHCA."