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.
Lessons and goals for advancing airway care from the NEMSQA Airway Measures Report
In the right patient, with a solid understanding of the pharmacology and a plan to address potential side effects, ketamine can be an incredibly useful tool for EMS
First-pass success matters in intubation – these measures can help you achieve it
Please take two minutes to answer eight survey questions, which will help us capture how your agency is staying up to date on supraglottic airway training
A woman in Michigan contacted the wrong Wayland Fire Department on Facebook when her son started choking and she did not have access to a phone
An AMR ambulance that had been idling caught fire, causing compressed oxygen to blow up and sending shrapnel hurtling through the air in a 100-foot radius
Victoria Cummins is trying to stop the University of Washington from using live pigs to train students on how to open airways in emergency situations
Understand the importance of realistic training on specific devices and using capnography to assess for effective ventilation through supraglottic airways
Video laryngoscopy may improve overall and first-pass success rates for ET intubation by paramedics
How much do you really know about supraglottic airway management uses, contraindications and techniques?
A conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Jarvis on airway management and medical direction
Our co-hosts discuss the development of an apprentice, journeyman and supervisor competency-based training system
You are dispatched to a report of a male patient involved in a bicycle accident
Treat aggressively with high-flow oxygen, rapid sequence intubation and Cyanokit in a patient with evidence of airway burns and CO2 poisoning
The dispatcher gave the boy CPR instructions that he translated to his mother who was trying to save his baby sister
The Inscope Direct is a disposable laryngoscope that gives clinicians a clear view of the airway
Officials learned that before responders arrived, a licensed nurse had “attempted a crude tracheotomy on the victim”
GlideScope Go is designed to provide clear airway views in a wide variety of settings
a. Will Stewart, a Sacramento State student, was hanging out with some other internship candidates when he noticed a nearby man in sudden distress
Our co-hosts give some tips on how to keep your skills sharp
Test your knowledge on the challenges of assessing and treating children with capnography
Lila had just completed a first aid and CPR training course and performed the Heimlich maneuver on her grandmother
The paramedics’ quick actions saved the life of the 2-year-old when he choked on his food at a daycare
As we reflect on the past 10 years, here’s a look at the videos that resonated the most with readers
From exam tips to career advice, our top columns of the past 10 years covered all the bases
The “set-up, size-up, scope, secure” mindset of the 1st and TEN approach to intubation may help improve first-pass success
A basic understanding of how acid-base imbalances can affect the patient’s presentation can help make sense of conflicting symptoms
