Posts tagged with "Capnography"
5 things EMS providers need to know about opioid overdose and respiratory compromise
Bob Sullivan - EMS1 Sponsored - EMS providers need to understand the importance of airway management and monitoring for respiratory compromise along with naloxone administration for opioid overdoses - Timely recognition, airway management, administration of naloxone (Narcan), and continuous assessment of oxygenation and ventilation can...
3 things paramedics need to know about respiratory compromise, pneumonia and sepsis
Bob Sullivan - EMS1 Sponsored - Recognize the signs and symptoms of pneumonia and understand how capnography can be used to guide treatment for pneumonia and sepsis. - Pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death in industrialized countries . According to the American Lung Association, pneumonia causes more than 1 million...
How to treat sudden cardiac arrest, opioid overdose
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - An unconscious patient, with absent or ineffective breathing, may be in sudden cardiac arrest or have overdosed on an opioid; here's how to assess and treat the patient - Death from sudden cardiac arrest and opioid overdose are both major public health problems in the United States. Out-of-hospital...
5 things to know about capnography and respiratory distress
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - Understand how monitoring end-tidal carbon dioxide helps assess and treat a patient in respiratory distress - Respiratory distress is one of the most common patient complaints. Waveform capnography is a valuable tool to determine the cause and severity of respiratory distress, to guide treatment...
Traumatic brain injury: 10 things you need to know to save lives
Bob Sullivan - EMS1 Sponsored - Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with traumatic brain injury saves lives, here’s how - According to CDC data, approximately 2.87 million cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur annually in the U.S., including over 837,000 pediatric cases. An estimated 13.5 million...
EMS assessment and treatment of asthma: 5 things to know
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - Asthma, a leading cause of respiratory compromise, can be assessed with capnography and effectively treated with BLS and ALS medications - Asthma is a chronic disease that affects 24.7 million people in the United States and causes 3,500 deaths each year. Prompt recognition and treatment of asthma, a...
ETCO2: Back to the basics
MCHD - EMS1.com Columnists - We are limited on the amount of objective information available during prehospital care; don’t ignore this vital piece of the puzzle - The capnography tracing is an excellent tool that gives us insight into cellular metabolism, perfusion and ventilation. This can yield vital information in multiple critical...
5 things to know about endotracheal intubation
Nathan Stanaway - EMS1.com Columnists - From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future - If you’ve ever wondered why the little hole near the tip of an endotracheal tube is called the Murphy Eye, or who Macintosh was, or even who performed...
