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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In-depth insights into the expert recommendations for medications, airway insertion and confirmation, defibrillation and post-arrest care
In-depth insights into the expert recommendations for chest compressions, AED use and suspected opioid overdose
Educators need to provide realistic simulation training to ensure pediatric patient clinical competence
You are asked to respond to a park for an infant in respiratory arrest; did you get the diagnosis right?
You are asked to respond to a park for an infant in respiratory arrest
EMS providers need to use a systematic method for airway assessment and management
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The anatomic differences between adult and pediatric airways are well described in EMT and paramedic courses
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
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
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