Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP EMS1.com Columnists How much do you really know about supraglottic airway management uses, contraindications and techniques? 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…

MCHD Paramedic Podcast EMS1.com Columnists In this episode, learn the 5 emergent conditions that will kill patients experiencing shortness of breath, and how to use ETCO2 to develop a differential How to get to the final diagnosis is often a process that all levels of emergency providers struggle with. To go from undifferentiated abdominal pain…

EMS1.com Columnists Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma and is more likely to happen with trauma involving an opening in the chest wall Tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma when air is trapped in the pleural cavity leading to a cascading impact…

Reel Emergency Vodcast EMS1.com Columnists Establishing a definitive airway and administering blood products Listen as EMS clinicians stabilize a very sick patient who was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. Pay close attention to their management of his injuries, their impressive teamwork and how quickly they establish a definitive airway and administer blood products. Spoiler…

EMS1 Staff Originals The top videos of February included clips on how to conduct accurate glucometer readings and how to do more good than harm during intubations By EMS1 Staff The top videos of February included a variety of educational tips for EMS providers. Clips discussed how to conduct accurate glucometer readings, conducting effective intubations…

Steve Whitehead EMS1.com Columnists In this episode of Remember 2 Things, columnist Steve Whitehead offers two ways capnography can be helpful in treating patients with head injuries or who present as septic.  Share Your Capno Story With Us Do you have a story about how capnography made a difference? Share your story with us and…

EMS1.com Columnists A teenager’s death after a misplaced and unrecognized failed intubation is a tragic reminder of how and why error can occur in EMS By Bradley Dean Following the release of two pivotal landmark reports by the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America in 1999 and 2001, patient safety…

NAEMSP EMS1.com Columnists Exploring the limitations of lung auscultation and pulse oximetry By Adrien Quant, LP; Hashim Q. Zaidi, MD “Depending on a patient’s needs and/or system resources, EMTs are sometimes the highest level of care a patient will receive during an ambulance transport.” — National EMS Scope of Practice Model (2019) [10] Under the National…

Nathan Stanaway EMS1.com Columnists From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future If you’ve ever wondered why the little hole near the tip of an endotracheal tube is called the Murphy Eye, or who Macintosh was, or even who…

Limmer Education EMS1.com Columnists Four distinct events must occur in order for an anaphylactic reaction to manifest By Chris Ebright Do you ever notice that the shape and contour of a grain of pollen looks eerily similar to the Death Star from Star Wars? Many patients with seasonal allergies probably think George Lucas completely hit…