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Vent Management on the Run...

Vent Management on the Run...

This is a great paper recently presented at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Scientific Forum. It covers a subject area I have always been interested in. Over time, our understanding of critical care has evolved to show the importance of a low tidal volume strategy for ventilating patients, particularly those with lung injury/ARDS. However, even patients with normal lungs are potentially harmed by high tidal volume strategies.

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Air Care Series: Accidental Hypothermia

Air Care Series: Accidental Hypothermia

Stuck in the Polar Vortex? Consider this. Hypothermia often requires unique approaches to the traditional management of classic pathology in the critical care transport environment. Take a deep dive into the classifcation and management of patients suffering from accidental hypothermia - from rewarming to cardiac arrest management and ECMO.

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