For decades, rapid sequence intubation (RSI) has been the most-used intervention for select respiratory care, ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or CPAP is a BLS and ALS tools that can save lives, reduce hospitalization times, and provide better patient management in the field. This presentation provides a history of CPAP, overview of patient selection criteria, standards of care, assessment, application of CPAP in the field and transition of care to the Emergency Department. Disposable CPAP devices and use of capnography with the application and titration of CPAP promise to increase utilization and improve patient outcomes.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
The pathway to mitigation of a true “can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate” situation is very direct—a cricothyrotomy. ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Airway management and ventilation are some of the most important yet challenging situations faced by EMS. What is ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
This course will discuss considerations for utilizing non-invasive ventilation such as CPAP, BiPAP, and nasal capnography in the pre-hospital environment.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min