Explore EMS1’s airway management hub for practical guidance on securing and maintaining patient airways in the field. This directory features expert articles on basic and advanced airway techniques, use of airway devices, ventilation strategies, difficult airway management, and clinical decision points for prehospital care. It helps EMS professionals refine airway skills, improve first-pass success, and enhance patient outcomes during respiratory emergencies.
A field-ready guide to safer airway decisions, stronger fundamentals and better patient outcomes.
FEATURED CONTENT
From assessing to intervening, this quiz covers vital airway management scenarios to ensure you’re equipped to handle emergencies confidently
Why quality improvement concepts should be integrated into EMS education
Chicago Medical School organization hosts live tissue high-risk, low-frequency airway procedures clinic for paramedics
Stabilizing a patient in despair suffering from tracheostomy bleeding
Conquer stressful calls, identify treatment challenges and pitfalls, and use technology to its best potential to save lives this summer and beyond
The red flags and steps to take to make the scene safer for yourself, other responders and the patients
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Takeaways from the 90-plus posters on display at this year’s National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting
If you don’t know that prone positioning can cause great bodily harm or death in some patients, you don’t belong in EMS
Always keep the patient’s context in mind in any situation when you’re utilizing waveform capnography
Maryland physician describes the current pediatric bed crisis as “far worse than the worst days of the adult critical care bed crunch during COVID”
A surge of viral infections is increasing pediatric hospitalizations and transports
A Maryland Go-Team member shares his knowledge and passion with others
Exploring the limitations of lung auscultation and pulse oximetry
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Tips for navigating prehospital airway management techniques and challenges