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Choosing the Best Non-Invasive Ventilation Device
This column will compare and contrast NIV modalities and highlight advantages, disadvantages and selection criteria to help you.
EMS Airway Briefs
2020 Airway Article of the Year Announced
Researchers investigated the elapsed time between removal of oxygen sources and the loss of preoxygenation among non-critically ill patients.
NJ Police Officers Revive Infant Who Had Stopped Breathing
A two-month-old infant is in stable condition Sunday after being revived by a pair of police officers after the baby had stopped breathing.
How CPAP Makes a Difference
Continuous positive pressure ventilation (CPAP) is making big waves in EMS right now. How exactly does it work?
EMS Airway Articles
Clamp the ET Tube!
COVID-19 has called attention to the dangers of ventilator circuit disconnects.
Manual Ventilation Performance by EMS Responders
There is a need for evolving the manual resuscitator in order to ensure every provider can consistently deliver breaths at appropriate volumes and safe pressures.
Mechanical Ventilation During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Rio Rancho (NM) Fire Rescue details how it implemented the ParaPAC® into its cardiac arrest algorithm.
EMS Capnography Video Series
Episode 4: Waveform Analysis vs Assessment
In this video, Troy Valente discusses Waveform Analysis vs Assessment utilizing expiratory and inspiratory phases
EMS Airway Videos
Video: Waveform Capnography
In this video, Mike McEvoy has a primer on basic waveform capnography, using a device to measure a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide levels.
Video: CPAP Applications
In this video, Mike McEvoy discusses the use of disposable CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) masks, a method of assisting a patient’s respiration without intubation.
Pulmodyne GO-PAP Product Preview
The GO-PAP is a disposable emergency CPAP device, that runs off of the barbed valve outlet on an O2 source. It operates at 10LPM and like our O2-MAX™
JEMS Articles
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OH Lawmakers Want Harsher Penalties for Protesters to Protect First Responders
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Disinfecting Solution, Foggers Donated to Somerset County (PA) Departments
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San Diego (CA) Fire Chief Urges Switch to Falck
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Hero CA Highway Patrol Officer Injured in Crash is a 13-Year Veteran
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One Killed, Five Wounded at TX Cabinet Business, Police Say
- OH Lawmakers Want Harsher Penalties for Protesters to Protect First Responders
- Disinfecting Solution, Foggers Donated to Somerset County (PA) Departments
- San Diego (CA) Fire Chief Urges Switch to Falck
- Hero CA Highway Patrol Officer Injured in Crash is a 13-Year Veteran
- One Killed, Five Wounded at TX Cabinet Business, Police Say
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