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.
In EMS there isn’t anything more frustrating than a screaming, punching or spitting person with acute alcohol intoxication
From budget-friendly picks to the top-tier, find the right stethoscope for your needs
Learn about two of the most common NMBAs used in EMS and how each impact intubation decisions during advanced airway management
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
Guide EMS students to airway management skills mastery by adapting your manikin for suction-assisted laryngoscopic airway decontamination
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
Sunstar Paramedics Safety and Risk Coordinator Joshua Hoover was awarded the Commissioner Moroni Award of Excellence in EMS for his quick actions
Successful airway management is the culmination of preparation, practice and technique mastery
The teachers learned how to perform CPR, use the AED, execute the Heimlich maneuver, administer an EpiPen, and perform basic first aid
Officials approved a $75,000 settlement for a claim filed by the son of the deceased man Bellingham Fire Department staff practiced endotracheal intubations on
Harness a passion for care to identify improvement opportunities in clinical specialty areas and propose change
Air Methods’ HEAVEN Criteria was established as the gold standard process for airway management in a book for NAEMT’s CE program
Dr. Dan Spaite shares how to avoid the potential pitfalls in positive-pressure ventilation, hyperventilation and over-ventilation
Researchers found MRSA on all nine oxygen tanks they tested from three ambulances in Alabama
NYPD Officers Wendell Dias and Crystal Barbosa were patrolling just a few blocks away when the call came in about a 9-month-old girl who was choking
Fennimore Rescue Squad is the first EMS service in Wisconsin to get approval to carry Lifevac on its ambulances
A family member of Bradley Ginn Sr. says she has suffered physical and mental pain caused by the “intentional and negligent care of a body”
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The human body is an ideal training tool, but fire/EMS training protocols and the law must be followed
Though an investigation said 11 department members admitted to intubating a deceased patient, only nine of them were actually credentialed healthcare providers
Witnesses told investigators that “tube checks” on deceased patients were “a widespread prior practice of paramedics” of the Bellingham Fire Department
Comparing endotracheal, laryngeal tube and supraglottic airway device intubation during out of hospital cardiac arrest
How familiar are you with the symptoms and concerns that accompany COPD exacerbations?
Our co-hosts tackle the topic of supraglottic airways, and the best way to approach them in the field
