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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Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
Gather round to learn the out-of-date and obsolete EMT skills that the Ambulance Driver has outlasted during his EMS career
Noah Filer comes out of a coma and learns he’s a double amputee — then completes his goal of becoming a paramedic
End-tidal carbon dioxide is an irrefutable indication for any type of airway adjunct
You were asked to assess and treat a potential stroke in a 39-year-old man found unresponsive while working out; did you make the right call?
Learn the signs and symptoms for this significant pediatric airway and ventilation emergency
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Military training incorporated into a prehospital setting helps EMS providers make complex decisions when responding to tactical incidents
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
You responded to an elementary school student in respiratory distress; did you get the next steps right?
Obese patients have an increased pulmonary blood volume that can make ventilation difficult, but there are techniques that can help
No matter where you or your patient are, there are some key intubating techniques that can increase the likelihood of “first pass” success rates
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