A BRILL idea? The benefits, risks, insights, learning and limitations of an emergency airway registry in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine

John Glasheen; Brigid Wall; Sean Keogh

doi:10.1111/1742-6723.13283

A BRILL idea? The benefits, risks, insights, learning and limitations of an emergency airway registry in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine

Emerg Med Australas. 2019 Jun;31(3):483-486. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13283. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Authors

John Glasheen^{1

2}, Brigid Wall^{2

3}, Sean Keogh⁴

Affiliations

¹ LifeFlight Retrieval Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Anaesthesia Trauma and Critical Care, Lancashire, UK.
³ Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 30924314
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13283

Abstract

Airway management is a cornerstone of emergency care. Development of a robust evidence base to support the practice of pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia is key to the safety and evolution of this common but high-risk procedure. This paper discusses the benefits, risks, insights, learning and limitations of the use of an airway registry in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine, for both research and quality improvement purposes.

Keywords: airway; governance; pre-hospital; research.

MeSH terms

Airway Management / instrumentation
Airway Management / methods
Airway Management / trends*
Data Collection / instrumentation*
Data Collection / methods
Data Collection / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Emergency Medical Services / standards*
Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Quality Improvement
Registries / statistics & numerical data*