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Why EMS Should Ditch Standard Geometry Blades for Hyperangulated–and Never Look Back
EMS airway success improves with hyperangulated blades for faster intubation and better patient outcomes.
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Prehospital airway success requires optimizing ventilation, oxygenation, and perfusion before intubation to prevent hypoxia and cardiac arrest.
Tracheal injuries are rare but lethal events that require rapid recognition and advanced airway management to prevent fatal outcomes.
A retrospective analysis of 242 advanced airway cases by Parker County Hospital District EMS showed a first-pass success rate of 96.3%.
A man heating plastic in a shed developed cyanide poisoning, causing low heart rate, low blood pressure and mental status changes.
Learn how to recognize and manage airway emergencies in burn and inhalation injury patients. Early action can prevent airway disaster.
In the evolving landscape of prehospital care, precision in airway management is no longer optional—it’s essential.
Context and clinical judgment are the keys to successful emergency airway management.
It’s an airway call you never forget. Croup, stridor and the calm approach that makes the difference.
Discover how paramedics can improve outcomes for patients with COVID lung injury through thoughtful ventilator management strategies.
Here’s how left ventricular failure mimics respiratory distress and why waveform analysis changes your treatment path.
Gastric decompression and controlled ventilation improve ROSC rates by reducing intrathoracic pressure and preventing gastric distention.
A new nonopioid sedative, medetomidine, is rapidly becoming the next adulterant of concern in illicit drug supply.
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