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QI Review of Critically High Endotracheal Tube (ETT) Cuff Pressures
Inaccurate cuff pressure can lead to tracheal stenosis, ischemia and pressure ulcers, underlining the need for vigilant monitoring and adjustments.
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In the fast-paced world of prehospital emergency medicine, mastering trauma airway management is an indispensable skill for EMTs and paramedics.
When intubating a patient, it is important the EMS provider regulates his or her own breathing.
Here’s why capnography helps EMS providers recognize when patients are transitioning from one status to another.
Here's why PEEP should be your go-to for desaturating patients or patients needing their SpO2 to rise.
Glen Keating answers some common questions about pediatric patients in respiratory distress.
You are dispatched to a call for a 36-year-old female complaining of chest pain with shortness of breath.
You arrive at a home where a distressed father found his son hanging.
Asthma is a very common condition that causes breathing problems like coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath that challenges medical providers.
You and your partner are toned out for a seven-year-old female with shortness of breath.
When was the last time you treated a child in respiratory distress? What do you remember? Did you feel comfortable managing the case?
As your partner turns out of the hospital parking lot, your ambulance is dispatched to a local distribution warehouse for a worker complaining of shortness of breath.
Hospitals and EMS services have been hit hard due to supply chain issues and the widespread use of liquid albuterol.
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