EMS Capnography News & Articles

• 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

• Reimagining Resuscitation - Episode 4: Expanded use of EtCO2

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  Deprioritizing epinephrine in the order of interventions

• What impacts the outcomes in drowning cases?

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  UCSF-Fresno emergency medicine physicians highlight the most important aspects of treating submersion injuries

• Back to the basics: CHF vs. chronic bronchitis

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  Though their chief complaint of shortness of breath is the same, these patients develop dyspnea by different means

• Reimagining Resuscitation - Episode 3: Reproducible results

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  Using the stretcher as a tool in heads-up CPR

• Bolus dose nitroglycerin for hypertensive acute pulmonary edema

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  Dr. Casey Patrick and Mike Perlmutter discuss their experiences with implementing IV high-dose bolus NTG in APE patients

• 5 steps to delivering high-quality CPR

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  Make sure each of your service’s cardiac arrest patients get the best chance of survival by prioritizing high-quality CPR in training and in practice

• EtCO2 monitoring: You’re doing the right thing

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  Amid protocol changes and airway/respiratory procedure modifications due to COVID-19, it’s comforting to know that when it comes to EtCO2 monitoring, you don’t need to change anything

• Back to the Basics: Ventilation vs. respiration

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  Common respiration pathologies and those that impair ventilation

• Evaluating pediatric risk after BRUE

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  A detailed patient history and physical examination inform this diagnosis of exclusion after a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)

• A DOPE approach to capnography

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  Use this strategy when applying capnography to measure the efficacy of oxygen therapy, especially when troubleshooting

• On-Demand Webinar: From Patient Zero to present: Combatting a national outbreak with a data-driven approach

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  A firsthand perspective on COVID-19 in EMS and fire and how data can help shape your agency's response

• A delicate balance: Understanding acid-base issues in EMS patients

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  A basic understanding of how acid-base imbalances can affect the patient's presentation can help make sense of conflicting symptoms

• Drowning patient resuscitation and monitoring

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  Use capnography to guide oxygenation and ventilation derangements in drowning patients

• EMS use of CPAP for respiratory emergencies

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  CPAP for emergency management of congestive heart failure and other respiratory emergencies has become the standard of care

• This vital sign is still underutilized, but that’s going to change soon

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  Use of capnography is charging ahead for more accurate prehospital diagnoses and care

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