Respiratory Support at Prehospital Stage of Emergency Medical Care: Current Status, Problems and Prospects of Development

Abstract

Patients with respiratory distress often seek emergency medical care and are frequently transported by emergency medical services (EMS). Some of them are in need of urgent respiratory support.EMSencounters with patients in respiratory distress and the role of mechanical ventilation (MV) in their treatment have not been well documented. The study objective was to characterize the epidemiology of prehospital respiratory distress and the impact of MV at subsequent patient outcomes. Some of the new trends in prehospital respiratory therapy have also been described.