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.
The bag-valve-mask can save your patient’s life; ensure you’re using it properly with these tools
How do you know you’re getting just the right amount of air into just the right place?
Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center
The Podmedic highlights three of his favorite products from EMS Today 2015
The SUV crashed into a snowbank after its brakes failed, rupturing the gas tank and causing a fire which exploded an onboard oxygen tank
Advances in technology should continue to create ventilators that are smaller, more user friendly, and easily adaptable to the pre-hospital environment
Pressure manometers, filters, a good seal and a two-person approach can all help improve effective airway ventilation
A new supraglottic airway device is introduced about once a year, and are widely used in the pre-hospital environment because of their simplicity, speed of insertion, and efficacy
Patients find comfort in the one-on-one care the community paramedic service provides
A father quit his job and became a first responder after a firefighter saved his 17-year-old autistic son from choking during a seizure
Driver yells “He can’t breathe!” for man having asthma attack; video shows man in distress and wait for ambulance to arrive
Officers should call an ambulance for persons with signs or complaints of respiratory difficulty or breathing problems
The simulators include 20 cardiopulmonary resuscitation head-and-chest training mannequins and three – an adult, a child and an infant – intubation heads for breathing-tube training
The flame ignited her oxygen-enriched clothing and she caught fire
Responders say they have found people in emergencies worried more about their pets than their homes
You responded to an elementary school student in respiratory distress; did you get the next steps right?
The firefighter and medic made a split-second decision to use an adult oxygen mask on a German Shepard mix that they thought would die
He was using a flammable chemical to remove carpeting before the explosion; colleagues transported him to the hospital and he faces a long recovery
The more complex the skill, the more attention it requires; so how do we get work done and still maintain awareness of the whole scene?
The virus can cause mild to severe illness, with the worst cases needing life support for breathing difficulties
The supply ran out and the family has filed a complaint, saying the 45-minute stop contributed to his death
She knew what to do from a health and safety class, and sang “Frozen” songs to her 2-year-old sibling to keep him calm
He jumped over a fence and began the Heimlich maneuver when an 11-year-old raised his hands to his throat during a watermelon-eating contest
Obese patients have an increased pulmonary blood volume that can make ventilation difficult, but there are techniques that can help
