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.”
What? We Ran Out of Oxygen?
Knowing how much oxygen is in the tank could be a matter of life and death.
We Love Oxygen
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.
Public Input Needed in Systematic Review of Prehospital Airway Management
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the NHTSA Office of EMS, has released draft questions that will guide a subsequent review related to prehospital airway management.
Monitoring the Effectiveness of CPAP
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.
Rescue Task Force: Airway Management
Mike Brown and Mark Litwinko discuss dealing with a patient who has a chest wound during a mass-casualty incident.
Tips for Using a Small-Volume Nebulizer
Mike McEvoy shares some tips on delivering medicine to a patient for using a small-volume nebulizer.
What is Capnography?
The word “capnography” is derived from a Latin twist based on an original Greek concept. The Greeks first wrote about combustion centers throughout the body that they said released a byproduct called “Kapnos,” or in Latin, “Capnos”; both are words for...
Successfully Selling CPAP
The art of selling CPAP to a patient can make or break chances for success.
Vintage Manual Ventilation: The 1,500 mL BVM (Bag-Valve-Mask Manual Resuscitator)
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.
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