EMS1 SponsoredUnderstand how waveform capnography can be used to assess and treat ventilation, perfusion and metabolic emergencies in children
By Bob Sullivan
Assessing and caring for pediatric patients can be a challenge for EMS providers. Small children cannot verbalize what is bothering them, and the assessment depends...
Kenny Navarro
EMS1.com Columnists
Waveform capnography is exciting technology that has the potential to become very useful in the prehospital setting
Introduction
Capnography is a noninvasive method of monitoring carbon dioxide levels in the exhaled breath. The cells of the body produce about 200 milliliters of carbon dioxide...
Bob SullivanEMS1.com ColumnistsUnderstand how respiratory monitoring devices can be used to guide treatment during and after seizures
Seizures are one of the most common conditions encountered by EMS providers and one where critical interventions can significantly affect patient outcomes . Timely seizure management is a benchmark...
Daniel SundahlEMS1.com ColumnistsWheezes, retractions, tachypnea and altered mental status lead to a quick assessment of asthma
This image was based on a call I did for a boy who was having an asthma attack. He was fine, but his father was distraught. His wife, the boys mother, had died a week prior from cancer. He said she used to...
Greg Friese, Editor-in-ChiefEMS1 SponsoredAnesthesiologists compare mask ventilation adequacy with endotracheal intubation and laryngeal mask airway for pediatric patients
By Greg Friese, EMS1 Editor-in-Chief
Capnographs from pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery were analyzed to assess the effectiveness of ventilation. The...