Capnography
Discover our directory of articles on Capnography in EMS, designed to equip professionals with the knowledge needed to effectively monitor and interpret end-tidal CO2 levels. This collection covers capnography in various scenarios, including respiratory emergencies, cardiac arrest, and airway management. Understanding capnography is essential for making informed decisions in critical situations. For more insights, explore our resources on Airway Management. Stay informed and improve your patient care with our expert guidance on capnography.
Make sure each of your service鈥檚 cardiac arrest patients get the best chance of survival by prioritizing high-quality CPR in training and in practice
How advanced techniques like delayed-sequence intubation and NIPPV mitigate adverse outcomes in physiologically difficult airways
Are those historical skills a blessing or a curse?
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the pros and cons of intubation in the field and if it鈥檚 time to end the practice
3 EMS physicians highlight the challenges that prevent a consensus on endotracheal intubation across EMS systems and the importance of case review
In this episode, our co-hosts welcome Medtronic鈥檚 Holly Stewart, who explains the history of capnography and offers insight into its use for DKA and sepsis monitoring
Flight physician Cynthia M. Griffin shares lessons learned from an emergency surgical cricothyrotomy performed in a prehospital setting
We are beginning to see the initial correlations with COPD that vaping has on our patients鈥� overall health and respiratory disease exacerbation
Pre-oxygenate, evaluate for LEMONS and position a patient of any size correctly to help secure an airway
We鈥檝e all heard about getting 鈥榖ack to the basic,鈥� but sometimes paramedics need to make sure they get back to the advanced, as well
CPAP should be used as a noninvasive positive pressure ventilation tool early on in a treatment regimen for respiratory distress
Our co-hosts discuss airway management and its important role in EMS, including common misconceptions and the standard all providers should strive for
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Design your training scenario to include increasingly complicated sepsis symptoms to test EMS providers鈥� differential diagnosis skills
Learn how to assess, monitor and manage pediatric asthma emergencies, as well as underlying pathophysiologic changes
Teach EMS providers the benefits of waveform capnography in cases involving dyspnea and altered mental status, and before performing advanced airway management
Use high-fidelity patient simulation to teach ALS providers the danger and assessment of unplanned extubation
Titrating naloxone through an intranasal dose through a nebulizer and monitoring with capnography can reduce the risks of opioid withdrawal symptoms to the patient and EMS provider
Dr. Dan Spaite shares how to avoid the potential pitfalls in positive-pressure ventilation, hyperventilation and over-ventilation
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A study of over 5,000 intubations demonstrates the value of continuous quality improvement
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Assign someone to monitor the patient鈥檚 airway visually and with capnography using these five tips
When a patient鈥檚 life is in your hands, you need to know the risk factors, signs and symptoms of PE
Capnography experts will answer some of the most common questions first responders have
Through the EPIC treatment, EMS providers are taught to focus on the three H-bombs to prevent further damage to head injuries
A national database examining five metrics in evidence-based care gives EMS a framework to improve tactics, efficiency, outcomes and resource allocation
鈥淔rom March 11 to 17, we are emphasizing that safety in the delivery of healthcare is the highest priority all the time,鈥� CPS executive director Alex Christgen said
Understand the importance of realistic training on specific devices and using capnography to assess for effective ventilation through supraglottic airways
Video laryngoscopy may improve overall and first-pass success rates for ET intubation by paramedics
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