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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.
EMS Airway Briefs
McMurray Medical Airway Management Device Wins Top Honors
The McMurray Enhanced Airway quickly stents open a patient’s airway, facilitating ventilation and oxygenation.
Ambu Bag Celebrates 65 Years of Saving Lives
The Ambu Bag has come to define the self-inflating manual resuscitation device that is part of the standard kit carried by first responders.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease from Tobacco Use
Millions of people around the globe die each year because of COPD, and nearly 16 million people in the U.S. have a form of the disease.
EMS Airway Articles
Basic Airway Management Turned Sideways
While EMS education includes the recovery position, placing patients on their side for ambulance transport should be a common practice for certain patients.
Demystifying Ventilator Modes: It’s Not That Complicated!
How do you best determine an initial ventilator mode? Is the patient on the most appropriate mode at the present time? How many modes are available on a specific ventilator?
Avoiding the Post-Intubation Crash
Endotracheal intubation (ETI), like any other invasive procedure, comes with its own set of inherent risks and potential harmful sequelae.
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
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.
Video: CPAP Applications
In this video, Mike McEvoy discusses the use of disposable CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) masks, a method of assisting a patient’s respiration without intubation.
JEMS Articles
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Sumner County (TN) Paramedic Captain Dies from COVID Complications
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Barry DeRousse Named New Vice President, General Manager of AEV
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Pfizer Begins Testing Omicron-Matched COVID Shots
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Deming (NM) Firefighter/EMTs Give Two Weeks’ Notice Over Pay Dispute
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Experts Dispute Hartford (CT) Police Warning about Touching Fentanyl
- Sumner County (TN) Paramedic Captain Dies from COVID Complications
- Barry DeRousse Named New Vice President, General Manager of AEV
- Pfizer Begins Testing Omicron-Matched COVID Shots
- Deming (NM) Firefighter/EMTs Give Two Weeks’ Notice Over Pay Dispute
- Experts Dispute Hartford (CT) Police Warning about Touching Fentanyl
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