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3 things paramedics need to know about respiratory compromise, pneumonia and...
Pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death in industrialized countries [1]. According to the American Lung Association, there were more than one million hospitalizations for pneumonia in 2010...
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Capnography: A vital sign for every EMS patient
Capnography, the measurement and reporting of carbon dioxide in the breathing circuit of a human, was first studied in the Netherlands in 1971. Thirty years later, end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring...
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EMS1 Poll Results: How do you use capnography?
By EMS1 Staff Capnography is increasingly available to EMTs and paramedics for patient assessment and monitoring. Capnography is indicated for patients with traumatic injury, cardiac arrest, sepsis...
View ArticleHow to recommend new EMS equipment for your agency
Everyone likes new equipment. But before you run to your boss to make your case, ask yourself these questions.
View ArticleCapnography for BLS: Getting Started with Capnography
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...
View ArticleCapnography for BLS: Non-Invasive Capnography
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4 things paramedics need to know about capnography and heart failure
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...
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EMS use of CPAP for respiratory emergencies
The use of continuous positive airway pressure, commonly called CPAP, for the emergency management of congestive heart failure is rapidly becoming the new standard of care, replacing the traditional...
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Restraint and capnography: Lifesaving for patients and career-saving for medics
By Bob Sullivan Caring for aggressive and violent patients can be one of the most challenging situations EMS providers face. Patients who are intoxicated, have overdosed, are in drug withdrawal or...
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Reality Training: Unresponsive teen after intentional asphyxiation
By Tim Nowak You are dispatched to a residence for an unresponsive 14-year-old male patient after choking. You arrive to find frantic parents leading you to the basement, where the patient is...
View ArticleFamily of Minn. teen who froze to death sues responders
By EMS1 Staff MINNEAPOLIS — The parents of a college student who froze to death in 2013 filed a federal lawsuit last week, claiming first responders were negligent in providing their son medical care....
View ArticleWas EMS care of hypothermic teen negligent?
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 any grief, it is common to first try to understand...
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How capnography can improve cardiac arrest care
By Shawna Renga, NRP The application of waveform capnography in prehospital care has expanded far beyond its most ubiquitous use as the gold standard for endotracheal tube placement confirmation....
View ArticleCardiac arrest in accidental hypothermia: Work the patient or don't start...
A wrongful death lawsuit for failing to initiate resuscitative efforts was filed against EMS providers by the family of Jake Anderson in late 2016. According to publicly available news sources,...
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5 simulation scenarios to teach capnography to BLS providers
By Aaron Dix Capnography is an essential tool to assess and treat numerous conditions, ranging from respiratory distress to sepsis. Track expired or exhaled carbon dioxide, known as ETCO2, to monitor...
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COPD exacerbation: 5 things EMS providers need to know
By Bob Sullivan Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects approximately 32 million Americans, and it is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. COPD includes a group of...
View ArticleRemember 2 Things: How to monitor violent, restrained patients
In this episode on patient restraint Steve Whitehead describes the importance of capnography to monitor violent patients who have been restrained. Whitehead also discusses the importance of temperature...
View ArticlePrehospital use of ketamine
Watch this video about the mechanism of action, indications and administration routes for prehospital use of ketamine. After watching read the Ketamine Drug Why article and three reasons to use...
View ArticleCapnography for BLS: Getting Started with Capnography
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...
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