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.
EMS and law enforcement collaborative training helps prepare responders to treat and monitor patients experiencing a constellation of symptoms
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?
First responders can use their status as respected community figures to reduce the risk for drowning
The firefighter’s daughter was playing with the popular toy when a metal bearing flew off and into her mouth
Allina Health EMS leaders discuss the importance of a strong relationship between operational leaders and the medical director
Procedures/devices that ensure an open pathway for gas exchange between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere
Two customers broke his fall and desperately tried to help him until paramedics arrived
Two nursing students immediately began lifesaving measures and were quickly joined by police officers and paramedics
The free 3-D simulation app is an interactive and virtual patient airway simulator
High school freshman Ian Brown was at lunch when his classmate Will Olson started choking
Jonathan Arteaga was working on a mobile home when a jack gave way and the home pinned his knees to his chest
Our co-hosts discuss the use of CPAP in the field and its pathophysiology
Pediatric patients need to be handled with care using these five expert tips.
The top videos of February included clips on how to conduct accurate glucometer readings and how to do more good than harm during intubations
You are on scene with a patient who was choking on food; is your primary assessment as efficient as possible?
You are dispatched to a restaurant for a report of a man choking
Understand how monitoring tools can be used to guide treatment for COPD exacerbations
Using ventilator settings to correct pH imbalance
Follow the mantra “a patient isn’t dead unless they are warm and dead” based on assessment findings and knowing resuscitation contraindications
In 2016, Heimlich himself was the hero, saving a woman choking on food at his senior living center
Capnography guided care gives EMS providers the information they need to improve survival for patients who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Hypothermia death of a Minn. teen is an unimaginable tragedy, but a breach is not enough for a finding of negligence
