by Christian Ventura, NREMT, EMS-I, FHAMES, Barnita Haldar, MD, PhD and Amber Chan, NREMT | Nov 4, 2020 | Articles, Featured Articles
To create a standardized approach for understanding the fundamentals of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), the authors have developed the acronym “SOKET” for EMS clinicians at both the BLS and ALS level to remember the core principles of implementing PEEP in their practice.
by Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP, FAEMS | Jan 16, 2020 | Articles, Featured Articles
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.”
by Marvin A. Wayne, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAHA | Jun 6, 2019 | Articles, Featured Articles
Barriers to CPAP adoption by BLS providers are finally falling, and BLS use of CPAP is now supported by the 2019 National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
by Cory Agler, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C and Craig Dues, DO, FACOEP, FACEP | Apr 24, 2024 | Articles, Featured Articles
This is a case review involving a 25-year-old male patient presenting to EMS with respiratory failure secondary to status asthmaticus.
by Chris Kroboth, MS, FP-C | Apr 14, 2023 | Articles, Featured Articles
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.
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