How do you get past the first monster of the airway, the tongue, and slay the dragon of the difficult airway?
EMS Airway Clinic
Best practices in airway management and education for EMS professionals and educators
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The Future of Video Laryngoscopy
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Intubation of a Burn Patient Using Video Laryngoscopy
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Three Treatments & Effects for Anaphylactic Shock Patients
Field treatment of anaphylactic shock includes: 1. Medications, including epinephrine, diphenhydramine, dopamine and dosed fluid boluses; 2. Supplemental oxygen; and 3. Airway support. The effects of the treatment often lead to the three following outcomes: 1. Signs and symptoms are sometimes mild enough and recognized early enough, and they often fade when self-treated; 2. [...]
Read More ...Five Steps to Correct Use of VL Equipment
EMS Airway Clinic author and airway expert Graham E. Snyder, MD FACEP, offers us the following five steps to correctly using video laryngoscopy for successful intubations. Step 1: Know your equipment. Step 2: Assemble the equipment correctly. Step 3: Don’t look in the mouth. Step 4: Use the steel stylet that comes with the Glidecope. [...]
Read More ...Four Reasons Why Intubation During Cardiac Arrest Doesn’t Always Work
Learn the reasons why intubating a cardiac arrest patient won’t always ensure positive patient outcome.
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Features
Treat Anaphylactic Incidents Before it’s Too Late
Posted on 16 October 2012
Knowledge about how to recognize and treat anaphylactic reactions is critical to patient survival.
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See Cords Around Corners
Posted on 30 August 2012
I had picked up the Glidescope a number of times at conferences. Would it work in a high-pressure, high-stakes clinical setting?
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Airway Finesse
Posted on 31 July 2012
The key to successful intubations is to relax and find a way to work smarter, not harder.
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The Five Ws of Intubation
Posted on 28 June 2012
The airway is the first priority in EMS. It’s also often the most overwhelming. Learn how airway expert and instructor Jim Radcliffe, BS, MBA, EMT-P, reduces that stress.
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Intubation for Cardiac Arrest Patients
Posted on 16 April 2012
If you’ve ever felt downtrodden over whether your choice of care was correct in the eyes of science, read on.
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Paramedic Saved by First-Time Use of ECMO Machine
Posted on 12 March 2012
San Diego Fire-Rescue Firefighter/Paramedic Andrea “Dre” Dominguez shares the incredible story of how doctors used an ECMO machine to treat her severe asthmaticus, the first time the device was used on an asthma patient.
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EMS Airway Clinic is a new site offering best practices in airway management and education for EMS professionals and educators, featuring:
• Regular articles by Charlie Eisele, Flight Paramedic, retired First Sergeant with the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, and co-founder of the Advanced Airway Course at EMS Today
• Case studies, how-to videos and podcasts
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• The latest news, features and educational content on prehospital airway management
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Featured Airway Products
GlideScope Ranger
The GlideScope Ranger video laryngoscope delivers consistently clear airway views enabling faster intubations in EMS settings. Available in reusable or single-use configurations.
GlideScope Cobalt AVL
The GlideScope Cobalt AVL video laryngoscope offers airway views in DVD-clarity, along with real-time recording. On its own or when combined with the GlideScope Direct intubation trainer, the Cobalt AVL is an ideal tool to facilitate instruction of laryngoscopy.
GlideScope AVL Reusable
The GlideScope AVL Reusable video laryngoscope offers airway views in DVD-clarity, along with real-time recording. On its own or when combined with the GlideScope Direct intubation trainer, the AVL is an ideal tool to facilitate instruction of laryngoscopy.
