Modified endotracheal tubes designed to reduce patient pneumonia risk failed to improve outcomes compared to standard breathing tubes, researchers report in a new study. Results of the randomized ...
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When someone stops breathing, the clock starts ticking. First responders often need to get air into the lungs fast, and one of the most reliable ways is to slide a tube into the windpipe. This process ...
Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient’s life. However, ...
Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. It’s a long-standing challenge for first responders: Opening the airways of ...
You may think your spouse’s "selective hearing" is a choice — but science argues otherwise. The phenomenon of selective hearing is more than choosing when or when not to listen, according to a recent ...
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 ...
In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds ...
The following is a summary of “Selective Use of Positive-Pressure Ventilation for Preoxygenation During Air Medical Rapid Sequence Intubation,” published in the December 2024 issue of Emergency ...
ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Establishing a stable pathway is the basis for interventional surgery, and hyper-selected intubation has become the basic requirement for vascular intervention ...
ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Establishing a stable pathway is the basis for interventional surgery, and hyper-selected intubation has become the basic requirement for vascular intervention ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Diphtheria, a disease mostly ...