The flipped classroom: Capnography in use
Dean Meenach - EMS1.com Columnists - The flipped classroom is an inquiry-based learning strategy designed to improve student engagement, discovery and outcomes - A growing trend among allied health educators is using a flipped classroom approach to facilitate student learning. The flipped classroom is an inquiry-based learning strategy...
NAEMSP 2019 Quick Take: 3 bad players in EMS airway management
Dr. Dan Spaite shares how to avoid the potential pitfalls in positive-pressure ventilation, hyperventilation and over-ventilation
Training day: 3 Waveform capnography scenarios
EMS1 ContributorHelp student paramedics identify CHF, Curare cleft and ROSC in capnography waveforms, and develop a treatment planBy Jake Mellor A previous article provided five training scenarios to help BLS providers better understand common capnography waveforms and how this information can lead to more adequate treatment for a...
Using Capnography to Determine Intervention
For years, capnography has been used in the hospital setting to monitor airway and ventilation in the operating room as well as in the critical care environment. Unfortunately, for the most part its use has been limited to that setting by many issues, including overall awareness of the importance of capnography in pre-hospital settings,...
What is capnography?
Capnography can be an addition to a paramedic’s toolkit. A recent survey taken of EMS1 readers indicated that upwards of 95 percent agree that capnography is easy to understand and an important monitoring tool for patients in cardiac arrest, experiencing respiratory distress, or ill with sepsis among other things. Capnography is the...
Capnography for BLS: Getting Started with Capnography
Steve Whitehead of EMS1.com talks getting started with capnography in the pre-hospital environment.
Experts: Where capnography is headed
A look at current and future trends in EtCO2 monitoring
