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.
Gain confidence in the difference between normal and abnormal breath sounds by auscultating lung sounds on every patient
Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
The EMS crew was about to administer epinephrine, “only they hadn’t noticed what I had; the patient’s heart rate was 268”
A look at current and future trends in EtCO2 monitoring
EMS1 sits down with Mike McEvoy, EMS coordinator for the Saratoga County (N.Y.) EMS, to discuss his hometown agency’s in-field utilization of capnography to better treat their patients
EMS1 readers shared their suggestions on how to get the most out of the method
An accurate assessment maximizes CPAP’s effectiveness
CPAP is not just for adults anymore
The only people looking for heroes on transfer calls of critically ill patients are attorneys
The doctor performed an emergency tracheotomy during a dinner for participants of a valley fever symposium
Maintaining skills in using advanced airway items can improve your practice
Here are a few of the ways that CO2 monitoring is helpful in the prehospital environment
Hebrew University Biodesign students invent a self-guided robotic intubation device
Airway alternatives to endotracheal intubation
Precise BVM technique is critical in minimizing complications
Many key attributes of the EMS provider cannot be learned through books alone
Medics have an increasing array of tools to choose from to treat a tension pneumothorax
