Improving documentation in prehospital rapid sequence intubation: investigating the use of a dedicated airway registry form

Objective The quality of medical documentation is integral to audit, clinical governance, education, medico-legal aspects and continuity of patient care. This study aims to investigate the introduction of a dedicated ‘Airway Registry Form’ (ARF) on the quality of documentation in prehospital rapid sequence intubation. Methods A retrospective review and comparison of 96 cases predating the introduction of the ARF and 90 cases immediately following its introduction were performed. Results The introduction of the ARF yielded significant improvement in the recording of selected data points: difficult airway indicators (p