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.
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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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Pediatric infectious disease specialist Priya Soni, MD, answers questions about RSV symptoms, treatment and COVID-19 co-infection
Join the UCSF physician team as they discuss the wonders of ECMO
Drs. Antevy, Piehl and Spiro evaluate EMS video of a patient receiving whole blood and a finger thoracostomy
When a patient says “I can’t breathe” or “I’m going to die,” you better listen
The death of firefighter trainee Peyton Morse is a tragic reminder that we need to change our culture, mindset and response to complaints of respiratory distress
Vodcast: Drs. Peter Antevy, Mark Piehl and David Spiro discuss multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children and the newest PALS guidelines
What paramedics needs to know as reports of self-medication for COVID-19 rise
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