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Despite its key role in airway management education, the quantity and nature of OR ETI training that is available to paramedic students is limited in comparison to that available to other ETI providers.

The XCollar provided superior cervical stabilization without augmentation by manual stabilization in healthy adult volunteers in both the seated and supine positions when compared with other one-piece and two-piece rigid cervical collars. Although maximal stabilization was achieved only after the subjects were secured to a long spine board with a cervical immobilization device, the XCollar can provide an acceptable alternative to manual cervical stabilization in situations where the number of patients exceeds the number of EMS providers available to provide care.

Despite its key role in airway management education, the quantity and nature of OR ETI training that is available to paramedic students is limited in comparison to that available to other ETI providers.