“Rapidly reading a room and performing a quick visual evaluation of a patient from the doorway helps to identify potential life threats, to you and your patient,” Sammons writes. As we know, the pediatric assessment triangle is often used, rightfully so, as a tool to quickly identify sick kids who may require rapid, lifesaving intervention.…

October 3rd, 2018 Clinical Studies Capnographic monitoring of respiratory activity improves patient safety during procedural sedation for elective ERCP/EUS by reducing the frequency of hypoxemia, severe hypoxemia, and apnea. October 3rd, 2018 Clinical Studies Smart Alarm Respiratory Analysis (SARA™) Used in Capnography to Reduce Alarms During Spontaneous Breathing October 3rd, 2018 Clinical Studies Capnography in…

Bob Sullivan EMS1.com Columnists Apply waveform capnography to make informed clinical decisions before, during, and after cardiac arrest patient care By Bob Sullivan Waveform capnography provides continuous feedback on CPR quality, confirmation of airway placement, ventilation, and a return or loss of circulation. Here are five things you should know about waveform capnography in cardiac…

Catherine R. Counts, PHD, MHA EMS1.com Columnists 3 EMS physicians highlight the challenges that prevent a consensus on endotracheal intubation across EMS systems and the importance of case review SAN DIEGO — The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Annual Meeting didn’t shy away from one of the hottest topics in EMS: advanced airway management…

David Givot EMS1.com Columnists Hypothermia death of a Minn. teen is an unimaginable tragedy, but a breach is not enough for a finding of negligence I cannot and don’t want to even try to imagine the nightmare which the family of a Minnesota teen who froze to death is going through. In the face of…

Inside EMS EMS1.com Columnists In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the importance of searching for a medical alert bracelet or tattoo when doing an initial patient assessment 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…

Reel Emergency Vodcast EMS1.com Columnists Vodcast: Drs. Peter Antevy, Mark Piehl and David Spiro discuss multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children and the newest PALS guidelines What are the hallmarks and treatment guidelines for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)? How should we interpret the newest PALS guidelines? Join Drs. Peter Antevy, Mark Piehl and David…

EMS1.com Columnists How much do you really know about supraglottic airway management uses, contraindications and techniques? By Michael Fraley, EMS1 Contributor The EMS industry has seen significant changes in the available airways for patients needing positive pressure ventilation. For many years, the only option was to have an advanced life support provider place an endotracheal…

Nicole M. Volpi, PhD, NREMT EMS1.com Columnists Flight physician Cynthia M. Griffin shares lessons learned from an emergency surgical cricothyrotomy performed in a prehospital setting NEW ORLEANS — A large percentage of airway difficulties in oxygenation/ventilation are manageable by basic or advanced techniques. Although rare in a prehospital environment, in some cases, traditional practices may…

MCHD Paramedic Podcast EMS1.com Columnists “GCS This episode of the MCHD Paramedic Podcast was inspired directly by a paramedic question: “In my prior service, we intubated much more often for airway protection, can you explain how you approach this in your practice?”  Whoa buddy, is that a difficult question with numerous caveats or what?  Join the…