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 new information. Waveform capnography is used at all EMS provider levels to better assess patients in respiratory distress, cardiac arrest and shock. Capnography…

EMS1.com Columnists Recognize the signs and symptoms of heart failure and understand how capnography can be used to guide treatment By Bob Sullivan Patients with heart failure pose several challenges for paramedics to assess and treat. Signs and symptoms of heart failure can mimic other respiratory conditions and there is both a respiratory and circulatory…

Paramedic Chief Digital Edition EMS1.com Columnists Add electronic response devices and video to lectures and train with simulation to keep learners engaged, stimulate discussion and apply content By Bob Sullivan EMS tends to attract action-oriented people with short attention spans, which is a challenge when designing education programs. Whether for initial or continuing education, students…

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Limmer Education EMS1.com Columnists Three significant consequences of routine, excessive oxygen administration By Chris Ebright Oxygen. We love it, and it keeps us alive. The atmosphere contains 21% oxygen, and we exhale, on average, 16%. Thus, with the billions and billions of cells within our body, they operate using only 5% of the oxygen we…

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 Sponsored Following these capnography hacks will help set your care apart Sponsored by Medtronic By Tim Nowak for EMS1 BrandFocus Capnography has become a staple EMS assessment tool not just for providers who want to investigate what’s causing the patient’s symptoms, but also for those who want to resuscitate patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Simply…

EMS1 Contributor Understanding the pathophysiology of difficulty breathing and different methods of delivering airway pressure By Steven C. LeCroy, MA, CRT, EMTP In the late 1970s, legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey started each show with, “You know what the news is, in a minute you’re going to hear the rest of the story.” That’s what this…

Reel Emergency Vodcast EMS1.com Columnists Check out this incredible footage from video laryngoscopes that captured burned and swollen airways during intubation In this episode of the Reel Emergency Vodcast, EMS clinicians care for four patients who suffered burns in a house fire. They swiftly and expertly perform invasive airway maneuvers in the ambulance on scene.…

Limmer Education EMS1.com Columnists A case study in opioid overdose complications, management strategies and provider safety By Chris Ebright Opioids, prescription and illicit, are currently the leading cause of drug overdose deaths. The current data from the Centers for Disease Control reports that 70,237 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2017. Opioids…