Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP EMS1.com Columnists Assign someone to monitor the patient’s airway visually and with capnography using these five tips Your EMS crew has just sat down for dinner on a peaceful evening when the tones sound for an ATV crash. A rural first responder discovered the scene as he was enjoying the…

Inside EMS EMS1.com Columnists In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the pros and cons of intubation in the field and if it’s time to end the practice 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 Chris Cebollero and…

Kenny Navarro EMS1 Sponsored Video laryngoscopy may improve overall and first-pass success rates for ET intubation by paramedics Medic 14 and Engine 27 respond to a report of breathing difficulty at a private residence. The engine arrives first to find a 68-year-old male experiencing severe shortness of breath. The patient’s wife states the patient has…

Todd Bowman, BA, NRP, CCP EMS1.com Columnists Maryland physician describes the current pediatric bed crisis as “far worse than the worst days of the adult critical care bed crunch during COVID” Viruses that are common in the pediatric population have surged in the United States earlier than physicians expected, with news of this year’s surge…

Bob Sullivan EMS1.com Columnists It is important to differentiate tension pneumothorax from conditions with similar symptoms, and to avoid performing inappropriate needle decompression Tension pneumothorax is a condition that can quickly cause death from respiratory and circulatory compromise [1]. Prompt recognition of tension pneumothorax and treatment with needle decompression can be lifesaving [1-3]. However, it…

Limmer Education EMS1.com Columnists Learn how to assess, monitor and manage pediatric asthma emergencies, as well as underlying pathophysiologic changes By Chris Ebright EMS responds to a residence for a seven-year-old male with a cough and trouble breathing. This episode began two hours ago and has been accompanied by a runny nose without any other…

EMS1.com Columnists Use simulation education to teach EMS providers to recognize and treat sepsis By Aaron Dix EMS is dispatched to a local residence for a 20-year-old female with foot pain. Medics find the patient sitting in a recliner with her left foot supported by a pillow. She spent the weekend at the beach and…

Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS EMS1.com Columnists Teach EMS providers the benefits of waveform capnography in cases involving dyspnea and altered mental status, and before performing advanced airway management Likely one of the top five advancements in EMS within the past decade or two has got to be the introduction and…

EMS1.com Columnists Win the airway with prehospital video laryngoscopy for first attempt intubation By Will Dunn In the prehospital environment, it is time to pronounce direct laryngoscopy dead. And video killed it. We knew direct laryngoscopy, commonly referred to as DL, was sick a decade ago when the foremost authority on airway management in emergency medicine,…

Rom Duckworth, BS, LP EMS1.com Columnists The “set-up, size-up, scope, secure” mindset of the 1st and TEN approach to intubation may help improve first-pass success This article was originally posted June 20, 2017. It has been updated. Taking the time to prepare for intubation success on the first pass and following the Tongue, Epiglottis and arytenoid Notch landmarks will stack…