Decreasing COVID-19 Patient Risk and Improving Operator Safety with the AIROD® During Endotracheal Intubation
A case series of first-attempt intubations using the AIROD®, a single-use telescopic bougie, when intubating COVID-19 patients.
Keep the PEEP with SOKET!
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.
Cigarette Smoke Can Reprogram Cells in Your Airways, Causing COPD to Hang On after Smoking Ends
Though cigarette smoking rates are declining in the United States, they are increasing in many other countries, making COPD a global health issue.
Asthma: Pathophysiology and Prehospital Management
Asthma is a serious life-threating condition that can present benignly one minute and turn into respiratory failure in a heartbeat.
Wildfire Smoke in the U.S. Exposes Millions to Hazardous Pollution
Wildfires churning out dense plumes of smoke as they scorch huge swaths of the U.S. West Coast have exposed millions of people to hazardous pollution levels.
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