Kenny Navarro

The Research Review

Kenny Navarro is Chief of EMS Education Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. He also serves as the AHA Training Center Coordinator for Tarrant County College. Mr. Navarro serves as an Emergency Cardiovascular Care Content Consultant for the American Heart Association, served on two education subcommittees for NIH-funded research projects, as the Coordinator for the National EMS Education Standards Project, and as an expert writer for the National EMS Education Standards Implementation Team.

LATEST ARTICLES

Vacuum spine boards: Transport devices of the future

They immobilize as well as backboards, are more comfortable, and reduce tissue interface pressures

February 27, 2014 10:04 AM

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Airway Management

To intubate or not to intubate?

Endotracheal intubation is a definitive method of airway control, but prehospital use may lead to complications

January 31, 2014 10:09 AM

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Diabetes and renal dialysis

Once on dialysis, the patient with diabetes and kidney disease faces new threats

December 23, 2013 06:07 AM

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Prove It: Does lidocaine reduce cardiac rearrest following out-of-hospital arrest?

A large retrospective study shows an association between prophylactic lidocaine administration and improved outcome measures

December 09, 2013 05:07 AM

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Amiodarone in the Prehospital Environment

Despite the lack of long-term benefits, antiarrhythmic medication administration remains a part of current resuscitation recommendations for patients who present with or develop lethal ventricular arrhythmias

November 26, 2013 01:53 AM

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The use of CPAP in prehospital care

An accurate assessment maximizes CPAP’s effectiveness

October 29, 2013 08:53 AM

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Managing bed bug infestations

Bed bugs spread by hitching a ride on an unsuspecting host – don’t be that host

October 09, 2013 08:10 AM

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Prove It: Improving neurological outcome following cardiac arrest

Study suggests adding vasopressin and steroids to standard resuscitation measures improves long-term neurological recovery following in-hospital cardiac arrest

September 17, 2013 07:34 AM

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The exciting future of pediatric capnography

Waveform capnography is exciting technology that has the potential to become very useful in the prehospital setting

August 26, 2013 06:27 AM

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Airway management

Breathe easier: Devices that improve ventilation

Airway alternatives to endotracheal intubation

July 29, 2013 04:24 PM

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