Bob Sullivan EMS1 Sponsored EMS providers need to understand the importance of airway management and monitoring for respiratory compromise along with naloxone administration for opioid overdoses Timely recognition, airway management, administration of naloxone (Narcan), and continuous assessment of oxygenation and ventilation can be lifesaving for patients who overdose on opioids. Here are five things every…

Dr. David K. Tan EMS1.com Columnists Follow the mantra “a patient isn’t dead unless they are warm and dead” based on assessment findings and knowing resuscitation contraindications A wrongful death lawsuit for failing to initiate resuscitative efforts was filed against EMS providers by the family of Jake Anderson in late 2016. According to publicly available…

David Wright, MS, PA-C, NREMT-P EMS1.com Columnists A detailed patient history and physical examination inform this diagnosis of exclusion after a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) By ​David Wright, M.S., PA-C, NRP; and Kate Randolph, B.S. You and your partner are responding to a 911 call. Dispatch informs you that an alarmed new mother has…

Arthur Hsieh EMS1.com Columnists Automatic transport ventilators may improve ventilation rate, tidal volume and oxygenation for patients needing airway management and ventilator support EMS providers perform a myriad of functions while attending to patients in the field. Perhaps the most critical and intensive set of tasks are identifying and managing the airway of a patient…

Did you know that capnography sampling lines are not all the same? In this edition of the Innovation Zone, Chris Cebollero, CCEMT-P, talks about an innovative capnography sampling line from Medtronic. For more information, visit www.medtronic.com/capnography. Share Your Capno Story With Us Do you have a story about how capnography made a difference? Share your…

Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS EMS1.com Columnists We’ve all heard about getting ‘back to the basic,’ but sometimes paramedics need to make sure they get back to the advanced, as well Not everything can be solved with the basic ABCs of patient assessment and management, at least, not without the right…

EMS1.com Columnists A basic understanding of how acid-base imbalances can affect the patient’s presentation can help make sense of conflicting symptoms By Art Hsieh  The human body has tremendous capacity to maintain internal balance, or homeostasis, in serious, prolonged situations. However, there are several situations in which an imbalance that is left uncorrected can cause…

EMS1.com Staff News Capnography is a tool to monitor ventilation and perfusion in ill and injured patients Capnography, which is the monitoring of end tidal carbon dioxide, is a tool for EMS providers to monitor ventilation and perfusion in ill and injured patients. In this EMS1 poll call we want to know about your use and…

EMS1.com Columnists How well do you know the conditions associated with pH imbalances? By Sean Hulsman The human body must maintain itself within a very small pH window in order to properly function. It does so by utilizing an amazing acid/base buffering system which, when well understood by EMS providers, can help us better treat…

Inside EMS EMS1.com Columnists In this episode, our co-hosts discuss how the use of social media by EMS providers can lead to issues on the job, as well This episode of Inside EMS is sponsored by Medtronic. Learn how capnography monitoring from Medtronic can help by clicking here. In this episode of Inside EMS, co-hosts…