Ventilation

Rate and Volume of Positive Pressure Ventilation in EMS Management of Trauma and Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Focused Educational Intervention

It is evident that many rescuers in emergency situations ventilate patients too rapidly, sometimes at rates exceeding twice the recommended AHA guidelines. These rapid ventilation rates are in part due to a mistaken belief that more oxygen is delivered to the heart and brain by ventilating the patient quickly. Therefore, it is important to retrain rescuers to slow the ventilation rate and reduce ventilation volume to provide the best possible outcome for critically ill and injured patients. The primary aim of this study is to develop and implement a multimedia instructional module as a focused performance improvement initiative designed to train EMS providers to deliver <12 breaths per minute during the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest or traumatic hemorrhagic shock.

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