Posts tagged with "Pediatric Care"
The exciting future of pediatric capnography
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...
Pediatric wheezing: It's not always asthma
Learn about pediatric lung diseases that present with asthma-like symptoms to EMS providers
3 things paramedics need to know about seizures and respiratory compromise
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...
EMS Artwork: Is there wheezing?
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...
