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Using EtCO2 to Make the Most of Your Pain Management Care
Measuring EtCO2 is the most accurate monitoring tool that paramedics can use in real time to assess the overall status of the patient in the field.
EMS Airway Briefs
Ukraine’s Overburdened Health Care System in Desperate Virus Fight
Deplorable conditions — broken or substandard equipment, a lack of drugs, low wages — reflects the meltdown of Ukraine’s health care system.
White House: U.S. Planning to Ship 8,000 Ventilators Abroad
President Donald Trump is making plans to ship 8,000 of the breathing machines to foreign countries by the end of July to help in their fight against the coronavirus.
Mexico Receives Ventilators from United States
Mexico has received a shipment of 211 medical ventilators from the United States as part of aid that U.S. President Donald Trump promised.
EMS Airway Articles
Cystic Fibrosis: What It Is and How We Treat It
Understanding the complicated disease of Cystic Fibrosis will help you provide better initial care and assessment.
Why PEEP?
Use of Positive End Expiratory Pressure should be considered for any patient who requires mechanical ventilation, including those in cardiac arrest.
Compelling Tellings from Expellings
Dr. Marvin A. Wayne on why we do not use the measurement of end-tidal carbon dioxide to its full potential.
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: 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™
Pulmodyne Control-Cric Product Preview
JEMS Airway & Respiratory Articles
JEMS Exclusives
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New Documentation Mnemonic and Rubric Substantially Improved Documentation Performance
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EMS Lawline: The Hidden Pandemic
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Balancing Patient Safety and Hospital Overload through Collegiate EMS Alcohol Refusal Protocol
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Weakness Unchecked: A Case of Severe Muscle Weakness
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ECG Consult: 39yo Firefighter Complaining of Dyspnea on Exertion
- New Documentation Mnemonic and Rubric Substantially Improved Documentation Performance
- EMS Lawline: The Hidden Pandemic
- Balancing Patient Safety and Hospital Overload through Collegiate EMS Alcohol Refusal Protocol
- Weakness Unchecked: A Case of Severe Muscle Weakness
- ECG Consult: 39yo Firefighter Complaining of Dyspnea on Exertion
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