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.
It’s 2026 — why do pediatric calls still make us sweat?
The more complex the skill, the more attention it requires; so how do we get work done and still maintain awareness of the whole scene?
What happens when textbook physiology meets the back of the ambulance
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Lessons in preparing for high-risk intubations and avoiding peri-intubation hypotension
Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann discusses diseases of the upper and lower airways
Understand how monitoring tools can be used to guide treatment for COPD exacerbations
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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
Critical insights on the safe administration of ketamine, versed, lorazepam, ativan and haloperidol
In EMS there isn’t anything more frustrating than a screaming, punching or spitting person with acute alcohol intoxication
Clinicians discuss the accuracy of the Broselow tape and what modern tools can support safer pediatric care.
Crush syndrome can be expected following any event where patients are trapped for a length of time
Michael Fraley breaks down what paramedics need to know about what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the new resuscitation guidance
We do everything we can in the hope we’re wrong about what is happening to the smallest of victims
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Tips for navigating prehospital airway management techniques and challenges