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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: It’s the Season
Respiratory Syncytial Virus symptoms are usually mild and will often resemble a common cold in adults and healthy children.
Asthma: Pathophysiology and Prehospital Management
Asthma is a serious life-threating condition that can present benignly one minute and turn into respiratory failure in a heartbeat.
Wildfire Smoke in the U.S. Exposes Millions to Hazardous Pollution
Wildfires churning out dense plumes of smoke as they scorch huge swaths of the U.S. West Coast have exposed millions of people to hazardous pollution levels.
Increasing Intubation First-Attempt Success Rates in Patients of All Ages
Reported first-attempt success rates are only between 20% and 73%, and those with the least experience have the lowest success rates, writes Eric Rottenberg.
A First in Nepal: A Patient Intubated Inside a Fixed-Wing Aircraft
The mission was to bring a 47-year-old male patient from Biratnagar to the Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Essentials of BiPAP
This article reviews the essentials of BiPAP, how it differs from CPAP, and summarizes potential advantages and disadvantages.
Prehospital Critical Care for COVID-19 Patients
Patients suffering from infection with SARS-CoV-2 are particularly prone to the development of serious respiratory complications.
Optimal Prehospital Airway Management Depends on EMS System Efficiency
The authors comment on the prehospital airway debate at the 2020 NAEMSP Annual Meeting.
Why Not BiPAP?
Many factors go into the equation for deciding between CPAP and BiPAP for a patient.
Using EtCO2 to Make the Most of Your Pain Management Care
Measuring EtCO2 is the most accurate monitoring tool that paramedics can use in real time to assess the overall status of the patient in the field.
Transitioning Care with CPAP
Lifesaving procedures like CPAP pose tremendous risk to patients if miscommunications occur during handoffs. The focus of this article is on reducing these errors.
Cystic Fibrosis: What It Is and How We Treat It
Understanding the complicated disease of Cystic Fibrosis will help you provide better initial care and assessment.
Why PEEP?
Use of Positive End Expiratory Pressure should be considered for any patient who requires mechanical ventilation, including those in cardiac arrest.
Compelling Tellings from Expellings
Dr. Marvin A. Wayne on why we do not use the measurement of end-tidal carbon dioxide to its full potential.
Managing COVID-related Respiratory Distress
This article will discuss the prehospital management of COVID-19 respiratory symptoms.
Emphysema: What You Need to Know
Typically, patients with emphysema have good lung compliance but exhibit poor lung elastance.
The Evidence for Prehospital CPAP
Given the overwhelming evidence of improved outcomes, prehospital CPAP belongs in every EMS toolbox.
Resuscitation of Acute Decompensated Pulmonary Hypertension
This paper provides an overview of pulmonary hypertension in the prehospital setting, including pathophysiology and identification.
High-Flow Nasal Cannula: It’s Not Just a Bunch of Hot Air!
Why the early application of high-flow nasal cannula in the appropriate patient population is an ideal way to meet the patient’s inspiratory flow demand.
Proper Assessment and Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress
Acute respiratory distress is a serious emergency. Good patient outcomes require a skilled assessment of the airway, breathing and oxygenation.
Using Capnography to Titrate CPAP
This column will explain how you can use end tidal CO2 measurements to titrate and evaluate the effectiveness of CPAP.
The Argument for BLS CPAP
Years ago, I authored an article in the Wisconsin EMS Association Journal titled “CPAP for Everyone.” At that time, “everyone” meant “everyone with respiratory distress.”
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