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Trauma Kit Supplies Every EMT Should Have

Portable Medical Suction for Ambulances: 5 Things You Need to Know

EMS Week 2023: Common Challenges, Safety Tips and Resources

The Rural Hospital's Crash Cart Supplies List

Does Your Hospital Need an Airway Response Team?

Reassuring Patients’ Families During Airway Emergencies

Fluid Waste Management and Medical Suction: 5 Guidelines

4 Trach Suction Tube Techniques

The Airway and Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders

Three Everyday Practices to Keep Your Ventilator Patients Safe

9 Oral Suctioning Procedure Tips for Safer Patient Care

Using Portable Suction Machines with the Special Needs Patient

Determining Patient Transport Destinations: What Paramedics Must Know

3 Suctioning Techniques That Are Most Effective

Does Airway Protection Prevent Acute Respiratory Failure?

Respiratory Assessment and the Pediatric Special Needs Patient: Some Considerations

Hospital Power Loss and Its Impact on Medical Vacuum Failure

Airway Management for Patients with Developmental Disabilities

Critical Components of an Airway Bag? Your Emergency Respiratory Device

"It Won't Turn On:" Preventing Portable Suction Unit Failure

Are You Bringing Home Infections?

Unique Airway Considerations and Risks When Treating Pregnant Patients

How to Clear A Clogged Suction Tip: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Recognize Respiratory Emergencies Before They Happen

Taking the Weight Off: Stress Management for First Responders

What Hospital Emergency Operations Plans Should Say About Power Loss

3 Pediatric Suction Scenarios You Will Likely Encounter

Managing An Actively Bleeding Airway

Emergency Suction Procedures for Paramedics

Respiratory Assessment: A Brief Overview

Awake Tracheal Intubation: What You Need to Know

Suction Tip Types: How to Decide What Fits Your Needs

Finding a Reliable Battery-Operated Portable Suction Machine

Responding to Mental Health Crises and Related Airway Symptoms

The Role of the Portable Suction Machine in Cardiac Arrest

Airway Management for Patients with Sleep Apnea

Pediatric Airway Complications: Causes and Solutions

Respiratory Emergencies: Recognizing Thoracic Trauma

Aspiration Pneumonia Treatment Guidelines

Emergency Airway Management for Head and Neck Injuries

Assembling the Right Components for Your Portable Suction Machines

Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment of Aspiration Pneumonia

A guide to avoid inflicting further trauma during airway management

5 Techniques for Treating a Difficult Airway

The Importance of Negative Pressure for Endotracheal Suctioning

What Is the Algorithm for Airway Management?

A Guide to Identifying and Managing Lower Airway Issues

Choosing the Best Portable Suction Unit for Your Needs

8 Complications of Endotracheal Suctioning and How to Prevent Them

Airway Management for Patients Suffering Cardiac Emergencies

Airway Anatomy: Upper Airway Problems in Infants

Why Dental Suction Devices Are Necessary During Oral Surgery

Refreshing your Airway Management Inventory for 2023

4 Important Places Hospitals Need Portable Suction Machines

The Role of Suction in Near Drowning Emergencies

What You Were Reading: Our Top 5 Airway Management Blogs of 2022

Setting EMS Training Resolutions for You and Your Team in 2023

The Consequences Patient Care Providers Face When They Fail to Use Their Tools

4 Reasons Dentists Need to Use a Medical Suction Pump During Oral Surgery

Benefits & Risks of Prehospital Drug Assisted Airway Management (DAAM)

Why Is Airway Management Important During CPR?

Suctioning and Airway Management for Asthmatic Patients

RSV Surge Serves as Reminder for Proper Airway Management in Children

Airway Obstruction in The Elderly: What You Need to Know

7 Factors to Consider When Purchasing A Medical Suction Machine

Successfully Disinfecting Equipment and Emergency Environments

How to Distinguish Respiratory Distress from Failure

Airway Anatomy: A Brief Review

Airway Management of Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care

Mitigating Common Errors in Suctioning and Airway Maintenance

Which Suction Catheter Tip Do You Need?

When to Perform Nasotracheal Suctioning

Airway Management and Patient Concerns During Anesthesia

What Should Be in a First Responder’s Tactical Trauma Kit?

Predictors of Difficult Bag Valve Mask Ventilation

Air Pollution and Chronic Airway Disorders

3 Ways to Keep Hospital Power Loss from Crippling Patient Care

Oral Suctioning Procedure Basics: What You Need to Know

How the Holidays Bring Increased Challenges to Emergency Responders

Best Practices for Maintaining a Patient Airway in a Tough Situation

What Are the Types of Upper Airway Obstruction?

Hurricane Season Blows in Reminders on Disaster Prep for EMS Teams

Suctioning 101: Special Considerations for Assessing the Pediatric Patient

5 EMT Training Scenarios to Increase Emergency Patient Preparedness

The Fundamentals of Assessing Respiratory Status

Quick Overview of Pediatric Intubation

Preparing an EMS Team for a Mass Casualty Incident

A Comprehensive Guide to the Various Types of Suctioning

The Link Between Suctioning and Blood Pressure

Common Causes of EMS Equipment Failures — and How to Avoid Them

Complications to Avoid When Suctioning the Geriatric Patient

What Causes Airway Obstruction?

Treating Common Airway Complications of Overdose Patients

What to Do When Suctioning Goes Wrong

Obstructive vs. Restrictive Respiratory Diseases

Mold Exposure and Respiratory Emergencies

What Care Is Needed After Intubation?

Respiratory Emergencies: When and When Not to Use Suction

The Consequences of a Dirty Suction Machine

Failed intubation? These are the next steps

As Students Return to School, a Reminder on Pediatric Respiratory Risks

Be Prepared for Emergency Airway Suctioning as Flu and Pneumonia Season Begins

4 Ways to Enhance Ambulance Safety

Portable Suction Unit Maintenance on the Fly

Three Risk Factors for Pulmonary Aspiration

Airway Stenosis and Suctioning: A Full Breakdown

The Types of Pneumonia — and Where Suctioning Comes In

Airway Management Considerations When Treating Patients with Lung Cancer

Top 8 Medical Suction Training Tips for Your Paramedic Team

Are You Buying a Portable Suction Machine for Your Hospital? Read This First!

Patients with a Damaged Airway: What You Need to Know

A Brief Guide to Vaping, Respiratory Health and Airway Treatment

How to Hyperoxygenate Before Suctioning

The Critical Care Nurse's Guide to Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention

Preparing for Airway Emergencies During Tracheostomies

Is Your Hospital Prepared For A Disaster?

What Are the Most Common Complications of Suctioning?

The 5 Types of Airway Management Equipment

What is a Yankauer Suction Catheter?

Common Choking Hazards and Airway Management

What Are the Most Common Causes of Upper Airway Obstruction?

What Is the 3-3-2 Rule for Predicting Difficult Airways?

Airway Complications for Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders

How to Know When Airway Discomfort Is a Serious Problem

Best Types of Suction Units for Ambulances

Mental Health Trouble for Emergency Responders is a Crisis — How to Help

How Pharyngeal Suction Can Save Your Patient

3 Airway Management Scenarios You Need to Train For

3 Tips for Successfully Monitoring Your Patient’s Airway

5 Tricks to Perform the Best Respiratory Assessment

Celebrating Unsung Heroes: Health Care Risk Managers

Five Common Mistakes That Are Made During a Respiratory Assessment

Unique Airway Difficulties and Needs to Consider When Treating Obese Patients

The Link Between Tachycardia and Suctioning

Geriatric Airway Management: What Paramedics Must Know

Minimizing Risk When Performing Airway Suctioning

The Routine Maintenance You Should Be Performing on Your Suction Equipment

Respiratory Assessment and the Elderly Patient

Seasonal Allergies and Airway Management

Four Common Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies (And How to Avoid Them) 

What to Know About Suctioning a Patient with COPD

Alkaline Batteries - A Good Friend in an Emergency

The Purpose of Suctioning Patients During Sedation

The Dangers of Oropharyngeal Suctioning

Celebrating National EMS Week with Safety Tips

Managing Airways Following a Vehicle Accident

Airway Management and the Overdose Patient

Tips For Avoiding Aspiration Pneumonia

Identifying and Treating Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Performing Respiratory Assessments on Geriatric Patients

6 Precautions Nurses Should Take When Suctioning

What Are the Signs of Respiratory Distress in Newborns?

The Busy Nurse's Guide to Organizing Crash Cart Supplies

World Hemophilia Day: A Guide to the Disease and Airway Suctioning

Safety Tips for EMS Personnel

Prehospital Airway Suction Considerations for Seizures

How to Properly Deal with Stress as a Paramedic

Providing Emergency Services Through a Disaster

The Link Between Oral Suctioning and Aspiration Pneumonia

Advanced Airway Management Techniques to Use in an Emergency

Patients with Bleeding Disorders & Airway Management

What are the Main Complications of Tracheal Suctioning?

When Should You Intubate?

Performing Airway Management on Patients With Oral and Facial Injuries

Preventing 4 Oral Suctioning Procedure Complications

4 Potential Nasopharyngeal Airway Complications

Suctioning Patients with Heart Disease

What are the Long-Term Health Consequences of Natural Disasters?

Avoid These Six Common Nasotracheal Suctioning Procedure Mistakes

Assessing the EMS Labor Crisis

What You Need to Preform Rapid Sequence Intubation

What is Involved in a Respiratory Assessment?

COVID-19 Outlook for EMS in 2022

Respiratory Distress in Patients with a CPAP: What You Need to Know

How to Suction a Patient that is in Cardiac Arrest

Things Your Team Should Know When Treating Patients with Hypothermia

Emergency Suction and Intubation: Best Practices

Methods for Opening an Obstructed Airway

Navigating Airway Trauma When Treating Patients

Best Practices for Nasotracheal Suctioning

What You Need to Know About Supraglottic Airways

Emergency Airway Management in the Geriatric Patient

The Do's and Don'ts of Nasotracheal Intubation

Respiratory Distress in a Patient with Clear Lungs: What You Need to Know

Respiratory Emergencies: Abnormal Respiratory Patterns and What They Indicate

6 Suction Catheter Uses

5 Things to Know About Suctioning Newborns

Smoke inhalation and airway management

Tracheostomy Secretions Management

Challenges All Emergency Responders Should Prepare for in 2022

SSCOR's Top Blogs of 2021

How to Reduce the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia

Clearing the Airway: Choosing the Right Suction Strategy for the Right Patient

New Year’s Resolutions for Your EMS Team in 2022

Three Critical Components of a Respiratory Assessment Checklist

How to Properly Clean A Portable Suction Device

What You Need to Know About the SALAD Technique

The History of the Yankauer Suction Tip and Where Med Tech Is Today

Airway Management After Immobilization for Emergency Responders

Your Must-Have Crash Cart and Supply Checklist