Airway management
This directory provides essential articles on Airway Management, a critical skill for EMS professionals. Topics include techniques for securing airways, the use of advanced airway devices, and strategies for managing difficult airways in emergencies. Mastery of Airway Management is vital for ensuring patient survival during respiratory emergencies. For related information, explore our resources on Advanced Life Support (ALS), which often involves advanced airway procedures. Use this directory to deepen your understanding and improve your airway management skills in the field.
Four distinct events must occur in order for an anaphylactic reaction to manifest
We train extensively on blunt trauma and GSWs, but stab wounds also present a real danger for patients
For new EMTs and paramedics there is nothing more important than improving your patient assessment skills; learn and follow these field proven tips
Divers performed a grid search to locate the man on the floor of the bay
Three firefighters, five others taken to hospital after hazmat response for an undisclosed airborne irritant
Careerline Tech Center students worked through several scenarios evaluating their skills as they prepare for a career in EMS
“I started doing what we learned,” said Giselle Torres, a student in an EMS class at the Careerline Tech Center
Emergency responders worked with family members to rescue the teen while simultaneously performing CPR, but efforts to revive him failed
“Their clinical assessment assumed that the agonal respiration the patient took was the same as being apneic,” said Clearwater Fire & Rescue Chief Scott Ehlers
Studies show that mechanical ventilation is superior to bag-valve-mask ventilation, especially in terms of patient safety
Video evidence from the 2021 scene reportedly captured a provider saying, “She gave her the whole d*** thing . . . She wasn’t supposed to give her that much.”
The Index tracks data for more than 2,600 EMS agencies across the country
Madelene Smith’s suit says firefighters told her to drive her husband, Hugh Max Smith Jr., who later died after suffering a brain injury from a lack of oxygen
Another tool in the diagnostician’s briefcase
Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann discusses diseases of the upper and lower airways
Head-to-toe guidance for improving trauma outcomes
To conserve supplies while providing patient relief, a pulmonary expert suggests using a spacer device connected to an inhaler instead of a nebulizer
The GO2VENT by Vortran is a gas-powered device worth considering for disaster plans
Is there a role for dexamethasone in the prehospital environment?
A Charlotte Fire crew, not EMS, was dispatched after police first called for help; once on scene, firefighters called Medic to treat Jovontay Williams, who later died
Takeaways from the 90-plus posters on display at this year’s National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting
The woman fainted in the plane’s aisle, but the EMS provider stabilized her condition
The department dismissed Dakota Ibrahim and suspended Joseph Schultz; Leonardo Guerrero died after being strapped to a stretcher in an ambulance
If you don’t know that prone positioning can cause great bodily harm or death in some patients, you don’t belong in EMS
EMS providers and leaders have a “duty to act” to ensure patients are treated with dignity and compassion
EMS providers and leaders have a “duty to act” to ensure patients are treated with dignity and compassion
Among reported cases, over half of the children were toddlers; symptoms include drowsiness, breathing problems, fast heart rate and vomiting
Always keep the patient’s context in mind in any situation when you’re utilizing waveform capnography
Greene County-Greeneville EMS is short-staffed by more than 20%
The blackout challenge has been linked to the deaths of at least 15 children ages 12 or younger in the past 18 months
Learn how innovations are being made in treating respiratory emergencies
Polk County Fire Rescue said that Driver/Engineer Dustin Bovill cleared the child’s airway and rode with the patient until EMS providers could take over
