Posts tagged with "Airway Management"
MIS-C and PALS guidelines
Reel Emergency Vodcast - EMS1.com Columnists - Vodcast: Drs. Peter Antevy, Mark Piehl and David Spiro discuss multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children and the newest PALS guidelines - What are the hallmarks and treatment guidelines for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)? How should we interpret the newest PALS...
Tension pneumothorax: How capnography and ultrasound can improve care
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - It is important to differentiate tension pneumothorax from conditions with similar symptoms, and to avoid performing inappropriate needle decompression - Tension pneumothorax is a condition that can quickly cause death from respiratory and circulatory compromise . Prompt recognition of tension...
Back to the basics: Chest trauma
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Flail chest, tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade and pulmonary contusion have unique presentations, but all jeopardize vital functions - By Chris Ebright - Welcome to another edition of Back to the Basics! This time around, I thought I’d discuss chest trauma. The reason being, injuries to...
Quiz: Test your knowledge of supraglottic airway devices
Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - How much do you really know about supraglottic airway management uses, contraindications and techniques? - The EMS industry has seen significant changes in the available airways for patients needing positive pressure ventilation. For many years, the only option was to have an advanced...
First, do no harm: With the vent
MCHD - EMS1.com Columnists - 5 ways to protect the patient during mechanical ventilation - We get many of our ideas for podcast topics directly from our MCHD field medics. Recently, a discussion came up around best sources for a vent basics lecture and, of course, one answer was to check out the podcast. Surprisingly, this topic has...
Should the EMT scope of practice include supraglottic airway placement?
NAEMSP - EMS1.com Columnists - The NAEMSP Discussion Forum debates EMT training, capnography considerations - By EMS MEd Editor, Maia Dorsett, MD, PhD, FAEMS, FACEP, @maiadorsett - In February, we posted the following Discussion Forum stem: - EMS is dispatched to a cardiac arrest at a residence with bystander CPR in progress. - The...
5 tips to provide safe and effective ventilation
Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - Assign someone to monitor the patient’s airway visually and with capnography using these five tips - Your EMS crew has just sat down for dinner on a peaceful evening when the tones sound for an ATV crash. A rural first responder discovered the scene as he was enjoying the trails...
8 questions for critical respiratory compromise patients
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - Make every assessment question count using this strategy to quickly assess respiratory patients who are unable to speak in phrases or sentences - Patients in severe respiratory distress or respiratory compromise are often unable to speak more than one or two words at a time, and attempting to do so...
