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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Understanding the three types of airway management errors can help EMS providers select the optimal equipment and technique for airway management
Rescue task forces and tactical medics offer different, yet more aggressive approaches to active-shooter incidents than standing by until all is clear
Video is a great visual demonstration of anatomy and angiocath placement, but the result is NOT what EMS providers should expect or experience in the field
We asked EMS1 readers to share their knowledge and use of capnography during patient care
What are the causes of the patient’s distress and what treatments are indicated?
Each author explores the other side of impassioned debates on naloxone, endotracheal intubation, STEMI alerts, professionalism, and lecture-based education
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Despite lack of evidence demonstrating superiority over ETI, SGAs do offer logistical and tactical advantages during resuscitation attempt
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
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