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Not Just a Single Squirt: Understanding Nasal Drug Delivery
This article provides a deeper understanding of intranasal drug delivery so EMS providers can use it more effectively in their practice.
EMS Airway Briefs
Legislation Requiring Anti-Choking Devices in NJ Schools Draws Doctors’ Concern
A new law would require anti-choking devices in schools across the state, but some medical experts question the device’s safety.
EMT Saves Infant by Using Heimlich Maneuver at Newark Airport
When Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Cecilia Morales heard people screaming for help, she knew if she didn’t act quickly, the outcome was going to be grim.
McMurray Medical Airway Management Device Wins Top Honors
The McMurray Enhanced Airway quickly stents open a patient’s airway, facilitating ventilation and oxygenation.
EMS Airway Articles
Delayed Sequence Intubation
Jason D. Haag looks at why delayed sequence intubation may be more beneficial to some patients experiencing a medial emergency.
An Emergency Guide to Mechanical Ventilation
John Alexander provides a brief overview of mechanical ventilators for when EMS providers encounter a patient on a home ventilator.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: It’s the Season
Respiratory Syncytial Virus symptoms are usually mild and will often resemble a common cold in adults and healthy children.
EMS Capnography Video Series
Episode 4: Waveform Analysis vs Assessment
In this video, Troy Valente discusses Waveform Analysis vs Assessment utilizing expiratory and inspiratory phases
EMS Airway Videos
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.
Video: Waveform Capnography
In this video, Mike McEvoy has a primer on basic waveform capnography, using a device to measure a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide levels.
JEMS Articles
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Spokane (WA) Fire Department Adds EMS Pediatric Tools for Baby and Child Emergency Care
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Cheers for EMT Shot in Ambulance as He Leaves NY Medical Center
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Two Dead, Eight Wounded in Chicago Shooting
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The Siren’s Call: Joplin (MO) Paramedics, EMTs Celebrate Call to Service
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New Orleans Cops: Man Leaps from Ambulance after Getting Cut in Fight with Women
- Spokane (WA) Fire Department Adds EMS Pediatric Tools for Baby and Child Emergency Care
- Cheers for EMT Shot in Ambulance as He Leaves NY Medical Center
- Two Dead, Eight Wounded in Chicago Shooting
- The Siren’s Call: Joplin (MO) Paramedics, EMTs Celebrate Call to Service
- New Orleans Cops: Man Leaps from Ambulance after Getting Cut in Fight with Women
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