Implementation and use of a supraglottic airway device in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by firefighter first responders - A prospective feasibility study.

Aim: We wanted to assess the implementation and use of a supraglottic airway (SGA) for on-call firefighter first responders in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Methods: We trained 502 firefighter first responders, located at 35 fire stations in the South-East of Norway, in the use of SGA during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Training consisted of 45 minutes of theoretical and practical training in small groups.

Emergency cricothyroidotomy in difficult airway simulation - a national observational study of Air Ambulance crew performance.

Background: Advanced prehospital airway management includes complex procedures carried out in challenging environments, necessitating a high level of technical and non-technical skills. We aimed to describe Norwegian Air Ambulance-crews' performance in a difficult airway scenario simulation, ending with a "cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate"-situation.

Methods: The study describes Air Ambulance crews' management of a simulated difficult airway scenario.

Percutaneous vs surgical emergency cricothyroidotomy: An experimental randomized crossover study on an animal-larynx model.

Background: Airway management is a paramount clinical skill for the anaesthesiologist. The Emergency Cricothyroidotomy (EC) constitutes the final step in difficult airway algorithms securing a patent airway via a front-of-neck access. The main distinction among available techniques is whether the procedure is surgical and scalpel-based or percutaneous and needle-based.