Friday Night Lights: Shift 2 – Leaky Hose
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.
It’s Getting Harder to Breathe: The Liquid Albuterol Shortage
Hospitals and EMS services have been hit hard due to supply chain issues and the widespread use of liquid albuterol.
Friday Night Lights: Shift 1 – Balloons Under Water
You just finished an uninterrupted meal when you’re dispatched to a house in town for an 88-year-old male with trouble breathing.
Demystifying Ventilator Modes: It’s Not That Complicated! Part 2
Understanding acronyms and how they describe modes is essential when managing a mechanically ventilated patient.
A Review of NAEMSP’s Position Statement on Prehospital Manual Ventilation
Jason Haag provides a summary of prehospital manual ventilation recommendations from the NAEMSP and published in Prehospital Emergency Care.
Our Life Force, the Breath! A BiPAP Story.
While ventilators and BiPAP machines are physical tools, empathy and effective communication are intuitive and emotional tools which help sustain life.
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