Authors: Schenk P, Eber E, Funk GC, Fritz W, Hartl S, Heininger P, Kink E, Kühteubl G, Oberwaldner B, Pachernigg U, Pfleger A, Schandl P, Schmidt I, Stein M Abstract The current consensus report was compiled under the patronage of the Austrian Society of Pneumology (Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie, ÖGP) with the intention of providing practical guidelines for out-of-hospital ventilation that are in accordance with specific Austrian framework parameters and legal foundations. The guidelines are oriented toward a 2004 consensus ÖGP recommendation concerning the setup of long-term ventilated patients and the 2010 German Respiratory Society S2 guidelines on noninvasive and invasive ventilation of chronic respiratory insufficiency, adapted to national experiences and ...