Airway management
This directory provides essential articles on Airway Management, a critical skill for EMS professionals. Topics include techniques for securing airways, the use of advanced airway devices, and strategies for managing difficult airways in emergencies. Mastery of Airway Management is vital for ensuring patient survival during respiratory emergencies. For related information, explore our resources on Advanced Life Support (ALS), which often involves advanced airway procedures. Use this directory to deepen your understanding and improve your airway management skills in the field.
Where capnography can guide treatment in complex medical scenarios
Steve Whitehead will tell you why your BVM technique needs to go in this episode
Are those historical skills a blessing or a curse?
Fire experts said an electrical problem may have caused a spark
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Safety records have improved, and crews have more capabilities, such as putting patients on ventilators and performing blood transfusions
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
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The disparity caused patients of color to receive less supplemental oxygen compared with white patients
Middletown Firefighter Beau Sienkiewicz performed the Heimlich maneuver and back blows before a Hartford HealthCare EMS crew arrived
The negative association between number of airway attempts and neuro-intact survival following OHCA
Preparing for the most stressful call you can receive: pediatric cardiorespiratory arrest
How to best manage our high-stress, time-compressed working conditions to control fight-or-flight response
The true value of tools like mechanical CPR devices and transport ventilators
If COVID-19 has taught us anything about EMS supply chain management, it is that more options under one vendor鈥檚 roof is better for EMS agencies
Dannielle Binns, who works for two agencies, started administering back blows as the child was turning blue
Follow these steps to define roles, identify and mitigate hazards, and work toward the best possible patient outcome
Examining the evidence for managing intubation attempts, PEA and ETCO2 for out of hospital cardiac arrest
Pediatric patients are not tiny adults; refresh your knowledge of pediatric blunt trauma and take a quiz to check your knowledge
We do everything we can in the hope we鈥檙e wrong about what is happening to the smallest of victims
Replacing dogma with current best practice updates on burn assessment and treatment
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Establishing a definitive airway and administering blood products
A simple framework for an EMT skills competency portfolio
How young patients鈥� unique anatomy and physiology impact trauma assessment and management
It鈥檚 not all about breathing rates: hypercapnia risk factors and complications
Cathy Trainor will be using her medical training and Russian language skills with the Global Disaster Relief Team
Janet Taylor鈥檚 medical career allowed her to follow her passions from working as a flight nurse to serving as a nurse in a paramedic role
TBI risk factors, managing patient refusals and oxygenation tips for treating head injuries
Drs. Antevy, Piehl and Spiro review video of intubation and an external ventricular drain
Paramedic Derek Smith testified that officers did not say that Floyd wasn鈥檛 breathing and had no pulse
Through nearly two years of pandemic, the HEMS industry has been hit hard but proven resilient
