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.
Learn about two of the most common NMBAs used in EMS and how each impact intubation decisions during advanced airway management
Exploring a new application for capnography in the prehospital setting
Today’s devices make a historically challenging skill dramatically easier
Test your knowledge of different types of airway adjuncts, contraindications, monitoring techniques and more
Unrecognized esophageal intubation has occurred in Rhode Island at least 11 times in the last three years, according to a report by The Public’s Radio
From mumps and measles, to the plague and Ebola, it is critical EMS is aware of the outbreaks, syndromes and conditions on the radar of public health
A hazmat team responded to the restaurant Thursday night after fumes from a cleaning product began causing nausea and breathing problems
Dr. Eric Topol, a world-renowned cardiologist, considers the stethoscope obsolete, nothing more than a pair of “rubber tubes”
Exploring non-affiliated emergency medical services eligibility for Assistance to Firefighters Grants
Investigators studied favorable neurological outcomes in cases where paramedics were randomized to use endotracheal intubation or supraglottic airways
Distinguishing between COPD and comorbidities, and scaling treatment and pharmacology to disease progression
Researchers have taught Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri to recognize the unique auditory signature of agonal breathing that heralds early cardiac arrest
Pre-oxygenate, evaluate for LEMONS and position a patient of any size correctly to help secure an airway
Delayed sequence intubation and lung protective ventilation have replaced rapid sequence intubation in modern airway management
Jai Ginn, wife of Bradley Ginn Sr., filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the parties violated her civil rights to due process
We’ve all heard about getting ‘back to the basic,’ 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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The instrument allows medics to insert a tube into a patient’s lungs using a special blade with a camera attached to it.
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The oxygen tank explosion left one EMT with minor injuries
Train for different BLS and ALS techniques so you can deliver an adequate breath to every patient, every time
A case study in opioid overdose complications, management strategies and provider safety
Shabiah Gordon was in cardiac arrest and first responders began chest compressions for the next 45 minutes until they maintained a pulse
Learn how to assess, monitor and manage pediatric asthma emergencies, as well as underlying pathophysiologic changes
Research suggests an association between sodium bicarbonate and decreased survival-to-hospital discharge and worsened neurological status
Teach EMS providers the benefits of waveform capnography in cases involving dyspnea and altered mental status, and before performing advanced airway management
Challenge yourself to overcome clinical weaknesses
Treat acute cardiac syndrome patients with the appropriate order of operations, and consider when traditional treatments may be contraindicated
Use high-fidelity patient simulation to teach ALS providers the danger and assessment of unplanned extubation
