by Bryan Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, EMT-P | Dec 27, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
As a kid growing up in Fort Worth, Texas I had little interest in ambulances or medicine. I do remember one thing about the ambulances in the late 1960s in that they always had signs on the side that stated “oxygen equipped” in big letters.
by Mike McEvoy, PhD, NRP, RN, CCRN | Dec 2, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
Once you’ve decided to use CPAP, and convinced your patient to cooperate, you’ll need to monitor the effectiveness of CPAP. It may be necessary to adjust your CPAP pressure, resolve significant mask leaks, reassure your patient or progress to assisted ventilation when CPAP fails.
by Mike McEvoy, PhD, NRP, RN, CCRN | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
The art of selling CPAP to a patient can make or break chances for success.
by Steven C. LeCroy, MA, CRTT, EMT-P | Sep 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
Although the device still works as designed, is still in service and being used by well-intentioned clinicians, it should be on the shelf with the Medical Anti-Shock Trousers, LifePak 5 and Biophone. While change is sometimes slow, and healthcare providers can be described as conservatively fixed, lung protective ventilation is the current standard of care.
by Jake Weinstein, DNP, ACNP, Paramedic, Judson Smith, MHA, Paramedic and Judson Smith, MHA, Paramedic | Sep 20, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
Deployment of CPAP and BIPAP in EMS has evolved over the last decade and is arguably first line intervention for acute respiratory distress for multiple adult populations. Despite these advances, we have left children behind for no reason. Pediatric patients are well...
by Gina Farquharson, RRT-NPS, MBA, MS, CPPS, Gregory K. Spratt, BS, RRT, CPFT and Gregory K. Spratt, BS, RRT, CPFT | Aug 27, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
Capnography was first proposed for use in the operating room in 1978 and has since become the standard of care for monitoring ventilation.1 Capnography is rapidly growing in use for intubated and non-intubated applications across hospital environments including the...
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