Explore EMS1’s airway management hub for practical guidance on securing and maintaining patient airways in the field. This directory features expert articles on basic and advanced airway techniques, use of airway devices, ventilation strategies, difficult airway management, and clinical decision points for prehospital care. It helps EMS professionals refine airway skills, improve first-pass success, and enhance patient outcomes during respiratory emergencies.
A field-ready guide to safer airway decisions, stronger fundamentals and better patient outcomes.
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A national database examining five metrics in evidence-based care gives EMS a framework to improve tactics, efficiency, outcomes and resource allocation
Please take two minutes to answer eight survey questions, which will help us capture how your agency is staying up to date on supraglottic airway training
A conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Jarvis on airway management and medical direction
Our co-hosts discuss the development of an apprentice, journeyman and supervisor competency-based training system
You are dispatched to a report of a male patient involved in a bicycle accident
The Inscope Direct is a disposable laryngoscope that gives clinicians a clear view of the airway
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Review the evidence for nine clinical applications for field ultrasound to assess, treat and monitor critically ill patients
Google “metronome” from any internet connected device to use an adjustable, audible beat during chest compressions
Expand your knowledge of EMS care beyond rote memorization and you’ll soon realize that you are rarely withholding care
Answering these questions provides a blueprint for a quality process and product implementation into the EMS agency
Win the airway with prehospital video laryngoscopy for first attempt intubation
Salt Lake City Fire Department investigation finds no difference in the interruption to compressions between video and direct laryngoscopy
ABOUT THE SPONSOR: INTERSURGICAL
Intersurgical is a global designer, manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of high-quality medical devices for respiratory support. We provide flexible patient solutions for airway management, anesthesia, critical care and oxygen & aerosol therapy, for use within emergency care, hospitals and also in the home.
Tips for navigating prehospital airway management techniques and challenges