To establish the airway nursing evaluation index system for inhalation injury, serve as a reference and foundation for standardizing nursing practices and enhancing the quality of care.

Based on the evidence-based summary and expert consensus on airway management for inhalation injury in the previous study of the research group, the research team initially developed a letter questionnaire through discussion and conducted two rounds of expert consultation using the Delphi method. The weightings of each index were determined using an ordinal diagram method, and consistency testing was performed using the analytic hierarchy process.

The recovery rate for both rounds of questionnaires was 100%, the authoritative coefficients were 0.957 and 0.937, and the Kendall harmony coefficients were 0.307 and 0.317, respectively, which passed the consistency test.Finally, an evaluation index system for airway nursing in inhalation injury was established, including 3 first-level indicators, 23 second-level indicators and 102 third-level indicators.

The construction method of airway care evaluation index system of inhalation injury is scientific and reasonable, and the index content is specialized and practical, which provides reference and basis for the effective evaluation of airway care quality of patients with inhalation injury.