Airway Management for the BLS Provider
Airway management by BLS providers is crucial in emergencies and can impact long-term patient outcomes.
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Airway emergencies can easily be seen as the situations where we might want ALS the most. How we think and perform airway management as BLS providers can significantly affect a patient's long term outcome even more than definitive hospital care. Airway management is still a BLS skill we have when ALS isn't available.
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After working in a variety of settings, to include in-patient hospital care, the emergency department, interfacility transport, and 911 agencies, I have begun a passion for EMS Education. I am currently in the process of earning the certification of Education Coordinator, as well. After over four years as an EMT, I have recently gained my Paramedic certification in January of 2024 and am currently working in a 911 agency.