Bob Sullivan EMS1.com Columnists Understand the importance of monitoring end-tidal carbon dioxide and the valuable information it provides for patient assessment and treatment This article, originally published April 27, 2015, has been updated with current information Waveform capnography can now be used at all provider levels to better assess patients in respiratory distress, cardiac arrest and…

Tim Nowak 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 tools to facilitate it. Yes, paramedics need…

Tim Nowak EMS1 Sponsored CPAP should be used as a noninvasive positive pressure ventilation tool early on in a treatment regimen for respiratory distress Asthma exacerbation – CPAP! Wheezing without a “shark fin” capnograph – CPAP! Wheezing with a “shark fin” capnograph – CPAP! Stubbed toe – CPAP! (OK, maybe not this one.) CPAP – continuous positive…

By Jennifer Bach, EMT, and Arthur Hsieh Pediatric patients present special challenges to prehospital professionals. When a child is sick, it can be difficult to conduct a SAMPLE history or physical exam due to anxiety on the part of the child, the parent or even the EMS provider. This anxiety can be exacerbated when the…

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For more information, visit www.capnoacademy.com Share Your Capno Story With Us Do you have a story about how capnography made a difference? Share your story with us and we may publish it on CapnoAcademy.

This course is designed to introduce the benefits of capnography use and then review the physiology of respiration and the role of expired CO2 in the respiratory cycle. For more information, visit www.capnoacademy.com Share Your Capno Story With Us Do you have a story about how capnography made a difference? Share your story with us…

Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by inflamed and narrowed airways. When the inflamed airways of asthma patients react strongly to certain inhaled substances, commonly referred to as an asthma attack, the outcome is a hyper-reactive airway that results in acute bronchospasm, reducing the flow of air into the lungs. Swelling and excess mucus…

Melissa Langhan, MD reviews the importance of capnography to monitor pediatric patients in the emergency medicine environment. Share Your Capno Story With Us Do you have a story about how capnography made a difference? Share your story with us and we may publish it on CapnoAcademy.

Mike McEvoy EMS1.com Columnists For both intubated and non-intubated patients, capnography can provide a wealth of information about vital signs In the life and death business of EMS, you need tools that you can rely upon. Capnography is the non-invasive measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide (CO2) displayed as a CO2 waveform concentration over time. During…