Paramedic of emergency medical service helping man after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Themes help, hope a health care. By Colby Costa, BS, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C Patients with physiologically difficult airways are those requiring airway management who have underlying physiologic derangements putting them at higher risk for peri-intubation and post-intubation decompensation, including hypoxia, cardiovascular collapse, cardiac arrest, etc.…

by Bob Sullivan Waveform capnography can now be used at all provider levels to better assess patients in respiratory distress, cardiac arrest, and shock. Capnography offers reliable feedback about the severity of a patient’s condition and how they respond to treatment. Here are five things you should know about waveform capnography. 1. Capnography provides breath-to-breath…