Posts tagged with "Airway Management"
3 scenarios demonstrating the benefits of capnography for EMTs
NAEMSP - EMS1.com Columnists - Waveform capnography provides a non-invasive, accurate assessment of a patient’s ventilatory status - By Adrien Quant LP, Hashim Q. Zaidi MD - Editing by EMS MEd Editor James Li, MD (@JamesLi_17) - As discussed in “Should waveform capnography be in the EMT scope of practice?,” under the National...
4 things EMS providers need to know about hyperventilation syndrome
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - Understand the role of pulse oximetry and waveform capnography to assess and treat patients who are hyperventilating - Hyperventilation syndrome is a challenging and often misunderstood condition that is frequently encountered in EMS. When triggered by anxiety, hyperventilation causes patients to...
Thoracic ultrasound in respiratory distress
NAEMSP - EMS1.com Columnists - Another tool in the diagnostician’s briefcase - By Emily Fitzgerald, MD - Your ALS crew is dispatched to a local nursing home for the 74-year-old female with shortness of breath, priority 2. You arrive on scene to find an elderly woman in respiratory distress. She is tripoding in bed, has marked...
Thinking: Pediatric respiratory distress
The Medic Mindset Podcast - EMS1.com Columnists - Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann discusses diseases of the upper and lower airways - After seeing Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann’s talk in Prodigy EMS’ free Refresh program, I knew Medic Mindset listeners needed to hear from her. She is an associate professor of pediatrics and emergency...
The pediatric assessment triangle: Not just for kids
John Sammons - EMS1.com Columnists - An initial visual assessment can identify threats to you and your patient before you narrow down a differential diagnosis - As we know, the pediatric assessment triangle is often used, rightfully so, as a tool to quickly identify sick kids who may require rapid, lifesaving intervention. While...
ABCs: Back to the advanced
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1.com Columnists - We’ve all heard about getting ‘back to the basic,’ but sometimes paramedics need to make sure they get back to the advanced, as well - Not everything can be solved with the basic ABCs of patient assessment and management, at least, not without the right tools...
Back to the basics: Anaphylaxis
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Four distinct events must occur in order for an anaphylactic reaction to manifest - By Chris Ebright - Do you ever notice that the shape and contour of a grain of pollen looks eerily similar to the Death Star from Star Wars? Many patients with seasonal allergies probably think George Lucas...
A new option for patient ventilation
Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - The GO2VENT by Vortran is a gas-powered device worth considering for disaster plans - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic over the last few years, there have been concerns that we would not have enough ventilators to care for all the patients who experienced respiratory failure. Although...
