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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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
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
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Learn about Hydrocodone’s drug profile, proper doses, potential side effects and how it affects your patients.
What are the potential causes, assessments and treatments for a neonate with refractory hypoxemia?
Just because you are trained and authorized to give a drug, doesn’t mean you should give that drug
Ccricoid pressure is possibly helpful in some patients and not so in others
What’s your assessment and care of an elderly male who is weak, has chest pain and not a reliable historian?
Medical director describes and demonstrates a novel device for assisting ventilations of a patient with or without a gag reflex
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