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.
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.
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.
9/11 Toxic Dust and Chronic Health Conditions
Many 9/11 survivors suffer from upper airway diseases or digestive disorders because of inhaling toxic dust after the fall of the Twin Towers
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