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Airway

airway management, intubation, ventilation and advanced life support treatments

10 Steps for Smarter Intubation

While endotracheal intubation is considered the most definitive tool for airway management, complications are often documented with it. And with other airway devices available, some experts question whether paramedics should even continue…

EMS ventilators: Automatic VS Bag

In the EMS world there are basically two kinds of ventilators: automatic transport ventilator and the classic bag one. Southern Medical Journal published a study aimed to compare Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedics (EMT-P)…

The evolution of EMS ventilators utilization

Technology is moving forward in any kind of sector, that’s why new generations of ventilators need to be smaller and easier to use also in pre-hospital environments. Shawna Whooley is a teacher at the University of San…

Resuscitation of avalanche victims guidelines

Recommendation REC M 0031 of the Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine of May 2013 about Resuscitation of avalanche victims In North America and Europe ∼150 persons are killed by avalanches every year. The International Commission…