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Medetomidine Overdose: Why More Naloxone Is Not the Answer—But Timely Respiratory Support Is
A new nonopioid sedative, medetomidine, is rapidly becoming the next adulterant of concern in illicit drug supply.
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Learn how EMS providers can assess and manage respiratory distress and failure by understanding their physiological and psychological causes.
Here is how capnography can help you monitor your patient and stratify your differentials.
Capnography reflects the body’s “RPMs”—respiration, perfusion and metabolism.
Ventilation strategies in prehospital care must balance both pathology and physiology.
Here’s how the five W’s—who, what, when, where, and why—can guide airway management decisions in critical emergencies.
Lt. Stephen Wilcox examines the task, tactics and techniques for basic and advanced airway management.
Learn to interpret patient descriptions, understand underlying physiology and differentiate causes beyond simple "shortness of breath."
Chaos in airway management may cause more harm than good. The PACE Plan can help.
“The streets are nothing like the sheets, just memorize the sheets to get through the test.”
Treating patients on mechanical ventilators requires the ability to apply different strategies for different types of patients.
This is how end-tidal capnography can help us identify underlying problem with patients.
The ability to perform the ABCs continues to be a standard of practice.
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