Friday Night Lights: Shift 23 – The Disconnect
Recognize pulmonary embolism clues in patients through capnography, tachypnea, hypoxia, risk factors, and clear prehospital assessment.
Why Paramedic Airway Performance Varies: What EMS Leaders Can Learn from a Qualitative Study
A qualitative study identifies key influences on paramedic endotracheal intubation performance, including declining clinical exposure.
Through a Different Lens: A Perspective on Airway QA
Airway QA improves when medics use data, video review, and performance standards to evaluate intubation safety beyond outcomes.
Friday Night Lights: Shift 22: Slow and Steady Isn’t Always a Good Thing
A 29-year-old’s opioid overdose reveals why a normal capnography waveform and high EtCO₂ signal dangerous hypoventilation.
The Airway Gap: Why Paramedics Lose Intubation Skills and How to Fix It
Paramedics face challenges in maintaining proficiency in endotracheal intubation due to low-frequency practice and skill decay.
Again With the Airway Burns?
Here’s how burns, acute respiratory distress syndrome, carbon monoxide, and cyanide poisoning can cause life-threatening hypoxia in patients.
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