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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Becoming a paramedic is the highest level of prehospital care and requires much more advanced training than becoming an EMT
Take your time to get that tube smoothly, non-traumatically into trachea on 1st pass
The need for data-driven decisions in managing aggressive patients while ensuring safety and compliance
Common agents used in drug-facilitated sexual assault: How to recognize them and how they impact care
From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future
Four distinct events must occur in order for an anaphylactic reaction to manifest
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Harris County ESD11 Mobile Healthcare developed 10 commandments to set initial expectations while onboarding 200 paramedics
When shopping for a new pulse oximeter, here are six important issues to consider
How advanced techniques like delayed-sequence intubation and NIPPV mitigate adverse outcomes in physiologically difficult airways
Where capnography can guide treatment in complex medical scenarios
Lessons and goals for advancing airway care from the NEMSQA Airway Measures Report
In the right patient, with a solid understanding of the pharmacology and a plan to address potential side effects, ketamine can be an incredibly useful tool for EMS
EMS and law enforcement collaborative training helps prepare responders to treat and monitor patients experiencing a constellation of symptoms
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Tips for navigating prehospital airway management techniques and challenges