EMS Capnography News & Articles

• Tension pneumothorax: How capnography and ultrasound can improve care

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  It is important to differentiate tension pneumothorax from conditions with similar symptoms, and to avoid performing inappropriate needle decompression

• Back to the basics: Chest trauma

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  Flail chest, tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade and pulmonary contusion have unique presentations, but all jeopardize vital functions

• Quiz: Test your knowledge of supraglottic airway devices

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  How much do you really know about supraglottic airway management uses, contraindications and techniques?

• First, do no harm: With the vent

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  5 ways to protect the patient during mechanical ventilation

• Should the EMT scope of practice include supraglottic airway placement?

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  The NAEMSP Discussion Forum debates EMT training, capnography considerations

• 5 tips to provide safe and effective ventilation

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  Assign someone to monitor the patient’s airway visually and with capnography using these five tips

• Hyperoxia: Too much of a good thing

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  Three significant consequences of routine, excessive oxygen administration

• 8 questions for critical respiratory compromise patients

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  Make every assessment question count using this strategy to quickly assess respiratory patients who are unable to speak in phrases or sentences

• 5 tips for securing a patient's airway

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  You are on scene with a patient who has suffered significant facial trauma; what are some strategies to improve your ability to manage his airway?

• Misconceptions about airway management and the industry gold standard

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  Our co-hosts discuss airway management and its important role in EMS, including common misconceptions and the standard all providers should strive for

• Improve endotracheal intubation with First and TEN approach

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  The "set-up, size-up, scope, secure" mindset of the 1st and TEN approach to intubation may help improve first-pass success

• Tension Pneumothorax: Identification and treatment

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  Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma and is more likely to happen with trauma involving an opening in the chest wall

• On-Demand Webinar: Let’s Talk Real Numbers: Combatting EMS Burnout and Turnover

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  With turnover among EMS hovering at 25% per year and costing more than $7700 per paramedic, data-driven strategies can help you improve employee retention.

• Quiz: Capnography waveform basics

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  Test your knowledge on hyperventilation, hypoventilation and reactive airway disease capnography waveforms

• On-Demand Webinar: Plan C: Navigating the difficult airway

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  Airway management guru Kelly Grayson on when and how to escalate to a more invasive and secure airway, and when to elevate care

• How to improve sepsis care with better EMS education

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  EMS educators can improve sepsis patient outcomes by ensuring EMTs and paramedics have knowledge appropriate and impactful training

• 5 things EMS providers need to know about opioid overdose and respiratory compromise

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  EMS providers need to understand the importance of airway management and monitoring for respiratory compromise along with naloxone administration for opioid overdoses

• 3 things paramedics need to know about respiratory compromise, pneumonia and sepsis

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  Recognize the signs and symptoms of pneumonia and understand how capnography can be used to guide treatment for pneumonia and sepsis.

• How to treat sudden cardiac arrest, opioid overdose

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  An unconscious patient, with absent or ineffective breathing, may be in sudden cardiac arrest or have overdosed on an opioid; here's how to assess and treat the patient

• 5 things to know about capnography and respiratory distress

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  Understand how monitoring end-tidal carbon dioxide helps assess and treat a patient in respiratory distress

• Traumatic brain injury: 10 things you need to know to save lives

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  Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with traumatic brain injury saves lives, here’s how

• EMS assessment and treatment of asthma: 5 things to know

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  Asthma, a leading cause of respiratory compromise, can be assessed with capnography and effectively treated with BLS and ALS medications

• ETCO2: Back to the basics

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  We are limited on the amount of objective information available during prehospital care; don’t ignore this vital piece of the puzzle

• 5 things to know about endotracheal intubation

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  From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future

• The science driving BLS CPR recommendations

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  AHA CPR Guidelines 2020 continue to emphasize early recognition of cardiac arrest and prompt CPR beginning with chest compressions provides the best chances for survival

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