Airway

This article was published first on Emergency News Medicine   Dr. Solis is an emergency physician with the Huntsville Hospital System in Hunstville, AL, and an occasional assistant professor at Georgia Regents University, where he…

A thoracostomy is a small incision of the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage. Tube thoracostomy is the insertion of a tube (chest tube) into the pleural cavity to drain air or fluids (blood, bile, pus, or other). The…

Oxygen delivery using a Manual Resuscitator (aka bag-valve mask/BVM device) is commonly performed during resuscitation efforts. As the name implies it is assumed manually delivering breaths by squeezing the bag.

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic With no letup in the crisis, people continue to seek safety by crossing from Syria to Jordan. The majority enter Jordan through the…

On a cool fall evening, an ambulance and engine company are dispatched to assist a 44 year old male who is having difficulty breathing. The dispatcher reports that the patient has a history of asthma. The ambulance is staffed by an EMT and…

Hamburg – Every second counts in an emergency. There is no room for error, especially when the patient needs assistance with breathing. Because great demands are made of Emergency Medical Services in such situations, WEINMANN Emergency…

EMCrit - Four years ago, friend of the show, Minh Le Cong discussed three airway disasters. The first one mentioned was the case of Elaine Bromiley, a routine operation that went horribly awry. In that post, there was a video of the…

This scientific poster was presented during the HEMS Congress exhibition in Massa, Italy. The author is Dr. Alberto Baratta, medical director of the Emergency Unit in Massa (Italy) and medical chief of the HEMS base of Massa, Pegaso 3.…

Author: Major Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, APA, PA-C 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning for ems1.com Recently, ketamine has made resurgence in the areas of emergency and pre-hospital medicine, and for good reasons. Ketamine was first…

47 ysr old male collapsed on the field. First ALS unit found him arrested in VF. Shocked 3 times he regained a palpable central pulse. When we arrived the patient arrested again. VF on the monitor. Shocked 4 times. Mechanical chest…