Top identified knowledge and research gaps related to trauma airway management
| Topic or research gap | Algorithm section |
| Prehospital airway algorithm | |
| 1. Optimal non-invasive methods to assess ventilation and pCO2 | A |
| 2. Relationship between transport time and risk/benefit of endotracheal intubation | B |
| 3. Impact of prehospital intubation on outcomes in adult and pediatric traumatic brain injury | B |
| 4. Role of noninvasive mechanical ventilation techniques in prehospital airway management | C |
| 5. Optimal training pathway and skills maintenance for surgical airways performed by prehospital personnel | E |
| ED trauma airway algorithm | |
| 1. Optimal timing and location for intubation among patients with suspected major hemorrhage or hemorrhagic shock | B |
| 2. Ideal rapid sequence intubation medications for patients with suspected major hemorrhage or hemorrhagic shock | C |
| 3. Accuracy and reliability of end-tidal CO2 and other noninvasive measures to assess ventilation and guide early ventilator management | E |
| 4. Development of improved rescue airway devices and techniques for suspected or proven difficult/failed intubations | F |
| 5. Optimal training pathway and skills maintenance for surgical airways performed by emergency department personnel | F |