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 resulting device can help ensure first-pass success even in difficult airways
From vocal cords to alveoli, and mmHg to Lpm: Test your airway knowledge
Novel use of video laryngoscopy with recording capability to improve clinical oversight in EMS airway management
Here are important considerations when making a breathing apparatus purchase
Learn about Hydrocodone’s drug profile, proper doses, potential side effects and how it affects your patients.
What are the potential causes, assessments and treatments for a neonate with refractory hypoxemia?
Just because you are trained and authorized to give a drug, doesn’t mean you should give that drug
Ccricoid pressure is possibly helpful in some patients and not so in others
What’s your assessment and care of an elderly male who is weak, has chest pain and not a reliable historian?
Medical director describes and demonstrates a novel device for assisting ventilations of a patient with or without a gag reflex
