Posts tagged with "Capnography"
Reimagining Resuscitation - Episode 3: Reproducible results
Inside EMS - EMS1.com Columnists - Using the stretcher as a tool in heads-up CPR - According to Joe Powell, MICP, EMSC, the magic in the coordinated set of advanced cardiac resuscitation techniques Rialto Fire Department implemented is its reproducibility. - The first episode of this special video/podcast series, “Reimagining...
Reimagining Resuscitation - Episode 2: Quality of lives protected
Preventing hypoxia with apneic oxygenation - Reminder: Our fifth and final episode of this series, “Reimagining Resuscitation: Behind the Scenes of Rialto’s Breakthrough” will be a live webinar including a Q&A session on Dec. 8, 2020. Send your questions for Kevin Joles and Joe Powell to ACR@zoll.com and register for the webinar...
Back to the Basics: Ventilation vs. respiration
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Common respiration pathologies and those that impair ventilation - By Chris Ebright - You were taught from day one of taking vital signs to count respirations. However, I am here to say that your stellar EMT instructor let you down because that’s wrong. The same incorrect terminology is also...
Evaluating pediatric risk after BRUE
David Wright, MS, PA-C, NREMT-P - EMS1.com Columnists - A detailed patient history and physical examination inform this diagnosis of exclusion after a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) - By David Wright, M.S., PA-C, NRP; and Kate Randolph, B.S. - You and your partner are responding to a 911 call. Dispatch informs you that an...
Evaluating pediatric risk after BRUE
David Wright, MS, PA-C, NREMT-P - EMS1.com Columnists - A detailed patient history and physical examination inform this diagnosis of exclusion after a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) - By David Wright, M.S., PA-C, NRP; and Kate Randolph, B.S. - You and your partner are responding to a 911 call. Dispatch informs you that an...
A DOPE approach to capnography
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1 Sponsored - Use this strategy when applying capnography to measure the efficacy of oxygen therapy, especially when troubleshooting - Sponsored by Bound Tree - By Tim Nowak for EMS 1BrandFocus - Whenever something goes wrong with regards to an intubated patient, the acronym DOPE...
A delicate balance: Understanding acid-base issues in EMS patients
Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - A basic understanding of how acid-base imbalances can affect the patient's presentation can help make sense of conflicting symptoms - The human body has tremendous capacity to maintain internal balance, or homeostasis, in serious, prolonged situations. However, there are several situations in...
Drowning patient resuscitation and monitoring
Kelly Grayson, NRP, CCP - EMS1.com Columnists - Use capnography to guide oxygenation and ventilation derangements in drowning patients - Drowning is a significant public health issue in the United States and worldwide, and represents a frequent need for resuscitation from EMS and emergency department providers. While the frequency of...
