Airway Management

The airway management topic contains research, news, podcasts, product information and analysis on airway management techniques, trends and advancements. In this topic, learn more about emergent conditions behind respiratory distress, and find takeaways from industry conferences, webinars and leaders on airway management best practices.

We also tackle the great airway debate and what the research tells us about the best tools for endotracheal intubation and advanced airways, and video vs. direct laryngoscopy.

Learn more about airway management products with this free EMS1 buying guide with key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation.

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MedStar’s BERT delivers the right resource to the right place
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The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
STEMI vs. OMI/NOMI
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Monday morning quarterbacking a difficult STEMI from the EMS and ED perspective
Preventing in-custody deaths
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EMS and law enforcement collaborative training helps prepare responders to treat and monitor patients experiencing a constellation of symptoms
S.C. equestrian credits FFs for saving her life after fall
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When New Ellenton firefighters found Maria Duthie, she had a faint pulse, was barely breathing and was blue
Medline debuts new ventilator following partnership
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Flight 60 is a turbine-driven ventilator developed by Israeli manufacturer Flight Medical
3 scenarios demonstrating the benefits of capnography for EMTs
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Waveform capnography provides a non-invasive, accurate assessment of a patient’s ventilatory status
Alaska ferry passengers, crew treated for smoke inhalation after fire
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A Wrangell Fire Department ambulance made several trips to transport patients to a hospital
Studies show Canadian wildfires led to spike in asthma ED visits
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Hospital traffic was 46% higher in New York and New Jersey due to wildfire smoke
Bees sting Ariz. golf course maintenance worker 2,000 times
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Firefighters had to use foam to rescue the worker at the Sun City West golf course
Mass. town, FD sued over 'multiple clinical failures' in pediatric cardiac arrest
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The investigative report finds Topsfield EMTs "grossly failed to take care of this patient appropriately"
Getting a good seal at Pinnacle 2023
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A Pinnacle exhibitor demonstrates how to capture and maintain an adequate seal and how to switch to manual when ventilating a patient
The basics of thoracic trauma: It’s all about airflow and pressure
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Assessment and treatment pearls to simplify three common chest trauma presentations
Chemical fumes on man send Mass. police officers to hospital
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Dartmouth officers were overcome by a combination of hydrochloride, hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide
Mass. house explosion sends 2 people to hospital
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Helicopters transported 2 patients from the Holliston house explosion to trauma centers in Boston
$95K grant places video laryngoscopes in Fla. county FD ambulances
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Jackson County Fire Rescue expects to place the new equipment in all of its front-line ambulances this summer
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