Upgrading your airway kit with a portable end tidal CO2 monitor can help in a couple situations. While it has its limitations, it is essential for quickly determining if your tube is in the trachea during an intubation. This can be accomplished most accurately via a device with a quantitative waveform such as the Emma … Continue reading Episode 39: End Tidal CO2 Application and Limitations in Prolonged Field Care
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Podcast Episode 21: Optimizing Ventilation
The Special Operations Medical Association Podcast on Prolonged Field Care is back with a new episode on a long awaited topic, traumatic ventilation. We were finally able to corner a real, live anesthesiologist who was actually more than happy to sit down and talk about ventilation after his years of experience working at the heads of thousands … Continue reading Podcast Episode 21: Optimizing Ventilation
Burn with Airway Involvement: PFC Case Discussion 5
A U.S. service member sustains deep partial thickness burns to both arms and the chest while burning the trash... Is the ISR Clinical Practice Guideline and included worksheet ready and available to use? Will you recognize this as a life threatening burn requiring calculated fluid therapy? Do you understand what the fluid of choice is? … Continue reading Burn with Airway Involvement: PFC Case Discussion 5