Posts tagged with "Pulse Oximeters"
Should waveform capnography be in the EMT scope of practice?
NAEMSP - EMS1.com Columnists - Exploring the limitations of lung auscultation and pulse oximetry - By Adrien Quant, LP; Hashim Q. Zaidi, MD - “Depending on a patient’s needs and/or system resources, EMTs are sometimes the highest level of care a patient will receive during an ambulance transport." — National EMS Scope of...
NAEMSP releases compendium of airway management best practices
EMS1.com Staff News - The position statements summarize recommendations for training, quality management, pediatric considerations and more - By Kerri Hatt - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The NAEMSP Standards and Clinical Practice Committee has published “The National Association of EMS Physicians Compendium of Airway Management Position...
EMS use of CPAP for respiratory emergencies
Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - CPAP for emergency management of congestive heart failure and other respiratory emergencies has become the standard of care - The use of continuous positive airway pressure, commonly called CPAP, for the emergency management of congestive heart failure is rapidly becoming the new standard of...
Single pressure CPAP vs. bilevel pressure CPAP: The rest of the story
EMS1 Contributor - Understanding the pathophysiology of difficulty breathing and different methods of delivering airway pressure - By Steven C. LeCroy, MA, CRT, EMTP - In the late 1970s, legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey started each show with, "You know what the news is, in a minute you're going to hear the rest of the story.”...
