The Need for Advanced Patient Ventilation
The need for advanced patient ventilation has been at the forefront of patient care during the coronavirus pandemic. The shortage of mechanical ventilators has also surfaced as an overall shortfall in many systems.
Many have raised the issue of why few prehospital response ALS Units are equipped with mechanical ventilators. JEMS Editor Emeritus A.J. Heightman reached out to EMSA, the ALS System serving Tulsa and Oklahoma City, a system that has mechanical ventilators in service for years, to discuss the topic.
Joining A.J. are Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, NRP, FACEP, FAEMS, and Tyler Wedman, NRP…
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