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.
FEATURED CONTENT
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss Kelly Grayson’s recent airway management webinar (now available on-demand) and debate the best intubation tools
Test your knowledge on hyperventilation, hypoventilation and reactive airway disease capnography waveforms
Drs. Dickson and Patrick review the pediatric general assessment triangle
What we learned from the ARREST Trial about ECMO-facilitated resuscitation in OHCA refractory ventricular fibrillation
5 Texas EMS medical directors recount the operational and 911 triage challenges recent weather posed as power outages afflicted the region
Two studies from the University of Minnesota examine early ECMO and the chain of survival
COMPLETE COVERAGE
A study from King County, Washington, characterizes COVID-19 patients receiving care from EMS
3 EMS lessons from Minneapolis: EMS duty to the patient, even in uncomfortable situations
Our co-hosts discuss the recent events in Minnesota, and the misinformation regarding the use of the word asphyxia
Understanding the sequelae of traumatic asphyxia, strangulation and positional asphyxia
EMS providers know positional asphyxiation can kill, and have a professional and moral obligation to object to it
What we can learn about EMS responsibility to intervene from the death of George Floyd
Technological advances and training are moving hemorrhage control techniques from the battlefield to prehospital and emergency medicine
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