Posts tagged with "Medical Equipment"
Back to the basics: Burns
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Learn about the types of burns, how to calculate BSA and how to treat burns and airway compromise - By Chris Ebright - “Anything will burn with enough gasoline and dynamite.” — Robert Heinlein - When a patient is severely burned, it changes their life. Not only in that moment, but for...
Product Review: 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope
Kelly Grayson, NRP, CCP - EMS1.com Columnists - Kelly Grayson shares how the digital amplification option from Eko stands up to rig noise and abuse - Smile and nod, smile and nod. Watch the face of the person speaking, interject a pithy comment now and then. Ask questions frequently, phrased in such a way that the speaker thinks I’m...
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...
5 tips for securing a patient's airway
Patrick Lickiss - EMS1.com Columnists - You are on scene with a patient who has suffered significant facial trauma; what are some strategies to improve your ability to manage his airway? - One of the first concerns an EMS provider should have about a patient with significant facial trauma is whether the patient has a patent airway and...
Back to the basics: CHF vs. chronic bronchitis
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Though their chief complaint of shortness of breath is the same, these patients develop dyspnea by different means - By Chris Ebright - This initial installment of the Back to the Basics series is going to compare and contrast a common chief complaint: shortness of breath. Many etiologies...
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...
Treat the monitor, not just the patient
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1.com Columnists - In some cases, our medical monitoring equipment alert is the precursor to a rapidly deteriorating patient who appears normal - We’ve all heard the saying “treat the patient, not the monitor.” Well, that might be true in most instances, but there are certainly...
Drowning: The danger of dihydrogen oxide
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Scenario: EMS work through resuscitation and management strategies when they respond to a call for pediatric drowning and find the child in cardiac arrest - By Chris Ebright - EMS is called to a residence to assist in the search for a missing child. At the scene, EMTs are informed that numerous...
