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Study: Video Laryngoscope Increases Successful Intubation on First Attempt
A study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that the use of a video laryngoscope increased the success of intubation on the first attempt.
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Many 9/11 survivors suffer from upper airway diseases or digestive disorders because of inhaling toxic dust after the fall of the Twin Towers
As Tunisia faces a surge of COVID-19 cases, demand for life-saving oxygen has grown higher than the supply.
Dispatchers Ashley White and Josh Rysavy each received Lifesaver Awards for their critical assistance in providing CPR instructions to callers who found family members unresponsive during separate incidences.
Barron County Emergency Services recently created a countywide Rescue Task Force capable of responding to an active shooter.
Sonia Sein is breathing freely again after getting an unusual transplant. In January, doctors at New York's Mount Sinai replaced her trachea.
The SafetyNeb Mask allows medical personnel to again provide nebulized treatments that is targeted directly into the patient’s lungs.
Warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths.
Researchers investigated the elapsed time between removal of oxygen sources and the loss of preoxygenation among non-critically ill patients.
A two-month-old infant is in stable condition Sunday after being revived by a pair of police officers after the baby had stopped breathing.
Continuous positive pressure ventilation (CPAP) is making big waves in EMS right now. How exactly does it work?
A majority of the Bellingham City Council voted Monday night to authorize the mayor to settle a claim for damages filed with the city by a daughter of the deceased man Bellingham Fire Department employees practiced performing endotracheal intubations on in summer 2018.
Though cigarette smoking rates are declining in the United States, they are increasing in many other countries, making COPD a global health issue.
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