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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Her heart rate is rapid, her skin clammy and she’s having trouble breathing — what’s your diagnosis?
Her heart rate is rapid, her skin clammy and she’s having trouble breathing — what’s your diagnosis?
Understanding the difference can sometimes make all the difference
Here’s a look at the early airway devices and how they evolved into the smaller, better and easier-to-use versions we have now
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New and aspiring EMTs need to understand the most important EMT responsibilities to assess and treat ill and injured patients
With endotracheal intubation, many paramedics lack good training from experts based on sound fundamentals, and are left to their own devices
As important as it is to know how to use each piece of equipment, it is even more critical to understand when any of these devices should be used.
The manually powered airway suction pump, made by RMS Medial Products, offers the same – or possibly better – suction power of motorized devices.
Most of us need to depend upon various tools to provide us visual and audible cues as to how well the patient is able to ventilate and exchange gasses.
The unit retains the same features as the original paraPAC but with some key add-ons, providing the versatility to deliver oxygen therapy, CPAP, demand oxygen and mechanical ventilation
Pediatric ETI offers unique challenges not seen in the adult patient. The glottic opening in a child is small and lies further anterior making direct visualization and successful placement more difficult.
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.
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