Study highlights changes in how paramedics approach airway management

Longitudinal trends in the annual percentage of cardiac arrest endotracheal intubation or supraglottic airway insertion attempts. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.27763 A new study from The Ohio State University College of Medicine shows that the way paramedics help people breathe before they get to the hospital is changing. The research, published in JAMA Network Open, looks at how emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States manage their patients’ airways. Airway management is used in life-threatening conditions such as cardiac arrest, trauma and respiratory failure. “Paramedics and emergency medical technicians are usually the first to provide lifesaving medical Read More