As emergency responders, we are tasked with executing lifesaving maneuvers in high-stress situations. For example, every one of us has been trained to know the traditional ABC sequence of trauma ...

When techniques that paramedics could improve upon are discussed, often, the topic of advanced airway comes up. We have statistically low success rates in achieving an advanced airway with an ...

Chipola College Paramedic students were invited to provide training on intubation procedures to second year medical students at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan. The four Chipola ...

Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. In four clinical conditions, the proportion of ...

Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC) Mobile Intensive Care Unit supervisor Ronald Tyson and paramedic Magaly Rivera show a smaller Mach 1 intubation blade (bottom) used for pediatric patients as compared ...

An analysis of 7.6 million trauma cases over 7 years showed that 3.7% of patients underwent emergency department (ED) endotracheal intubation (ETI), which was associated with a mortality rate of 10.2% ...

PITTSBURGH, July 18 – Across the United States, many patients require insertion of emergency breathing tubes before arriving to a hospital, but emergency medicine researchers at the University of ...

The Glendale Fire Department partnered with Midwestern University to give crews hands-on experience with intubation, chest tubes and other techniques ...

Patients with excited delirium who are combative, aggressive or agitated before being transported to the hospital or in an emergency department setting require immediate treatment for their safety and ...

There is no emergency ambulance protocol that can be performed by two paramedics that cannot also be performed by one paramedic and one Emergency Medical Technician. None. Intubation, IV therapy, ...