Establishing a prehospital airway registry in the United Arab Emirates

Introduction Advanced airway management, including orotracheal and nasotracheal intubation, is an accepted core skill of paramedics in the prehospital setting. Rapid Sequence Induction is a high-risk procedure that has been shown to have an increased rate of adverse events, more so when it takes place in the prehospital setting instead of in-hospital. (1) Design This is a prospective observational study of all intubations carried out across National Ambulance service areas in the United Arab Emirates.