Paramedicine 101

Some information about PEEP and lung recruitment. The videos are astounding. Alveolar recruitment and maintenance of lung volume are import...

Today at our monthly inservice training, we were introduced to our new airway management protocols. I must say I am impressed, and excited. ...

In part 1 I described the PH balance associated with the rapid breather. In part 2 we reviewed hyperventilation syndrome. In part 3 I g...

Ok, in part 1 I explained the many causes of rapid breathing, and in part 2 we went over one of them, hyperventilation syndrome. In part ...

In part 1 I discussed the possible causes of rapid respirations and the physiological need for CO2 to maintain acid-base balance. In this p...

In the wide world of EMS calls we encounter a lot. The intent of this posting will be to differentiate and treat patient's with rapid r...