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.
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
Use SAMPLE history to assess the patient’s complaint and make treatment decisions
The number of CPAP devices continues to grow
With extended battery life and easy to use controls, this unit makes CCT easier
Capnography is standard of care for all intubated patients and should be for all major medical patients
The fact is more children are stabilized and life threats averted through the provision of the basics
The anatomic differences between adult and pediatric airways are well described in EMT and paramedic courses
An autopsy revealed that Edward Archbold had died from choking and not from contaminated insects as others theorized
Monitoring ETCO2 with waveform capnography gives EMS providers real-time feedback to make treatment decisions and improve care for a multitude of medical problems and traumatic injuries
Interesting products were demonstrated at the European Resuscitation Council 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria, last week
CPAP for emergency management of congestive heart failure and other respiratory emergencies has become the standard of care
CPAP is one EMS treatment modality that has an evidence-based effect on patient outcomes
American Medical Response locally implementing new artificial airway, LMA Supreme
A local veterinary hospital donated 33 oxygen masks to the Murrieta Fire Dept.
Kirsten Stokes thanked Steve Walker at reunion organized at her home
Heart of the pack is i-gel airway, now with both oxygen port and suction port
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
Despite lack of evidence demonstrating superiority over ETI, SGAs do offer logistical and tactical advantages during resuscitation attempt
Check out the runners-up for EMS Week Contest finalists!
Skillful airway management is often 1st step in successful resuscitation of compromised patient
Early effective ventilation may be more important for these patients than for adult victims of cardiac arrest
CPAP should be classified as non-invasive therapy and be entirely suitable for use by EMTs and first responders
Reviewing your processes and devices on a regular basis is critical for agencies
Pioneers such as Trousseau and Trendelenburg really refined and popularized the operation
We asked our Facebook followers to predict how things will evolve over the coming years
Unlike Johnny and Roy, today’s EMS providers have many types of devices to choose from
EMS providers must be skilled in managing airways and ventilation using multiple devices
EMS1 columnists debate the topic of airway management and outline the current trends and what the future may hold
In this exclusive book excerpt from ,"A Paramedic’s Story: Life, Death, and Everything in Between,” Kelly Grayson looks back at one particular call
By comparing performance and price, you can best match your equipment to your expectations and budget
