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.
Are you over-ventilating your patients? Probably, says Kelly Grayson
You are on scene with a patient who has suffered significant facial trauma; what are some strategies to improve your ability to manage their airway?
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”
Here are some ways you can give back to first responders who are responding to the wildfires, often as they lose their own homes
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
A study of over 5,000 intubations demonstrates the value of continuous quality improvement
Reyna Martinez stood outside her home and screamed for someone to help her when her 1-year-old son began choking on Cheerios
Our co-hosts discuss hot topics related to EMS personnel, from cardiac arrest survival to a DOJ video regarding opioid exposure while on the job
A study has shown that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics use to resuscitate patients with sudden cardiac arrest can improve the odds of survival
Banner Health Paramedic Services will soon be first in the nation to undergo agency-wide training to treat pets injured in emergency situations
An EMS educator and flight medic encourages listeners to stay curious about intubation, ventilators and EKGs
Ensure your EMS providers understand when to use video laryngoscopes and airway anatomy, and practice their intubation skills
Our co-hosts discuss how CPAP works and what the treatment looks like
Heated, humidified, high flow nasal cannula oxygenation has a number of benefits that could be useful in a prehospital setting
A randomized clinical trial of ED intubations showed a statistically significant improvement in first pass success rates when using a bougie
CPAP technology and practice in the prehospital environment has evolved for application beyond CHF and COPD
When it comes to respiratory distress calls in the field, EMS providers need to be aware they play a large part of the patient’s continuing care story
Zimori Hall had just completed a one-week “911 Jr. First Responder Camp” where he learned the basics of first aid, CPR training and the Heimlich Maneuver
Our co-hosts discuss the ever-changing practice of airway management
Dr. Jeffrey Jarvis, medical director for Williamson County (Texas) EMS, will discuss why delayed sequence intubation is a cure for Rapid Sequenced Death at EMS PRO conference
