EMS Congestive Heart Failure
VALOR ProgramLearner responds to a 70-year-old male patient experiencing shortness of breath and chest tightness related to pulmonary edema. Learner should perform an initial assessment on scene, identify the patient's dyspnea and hypoxia, and provide appropriate respiratory support. The patient is in respiratory distress and can speak in only 1-2 syllable...
EMS Congestive Heart Failure
EMS Bundle
Learner responds to a 70-year-old male patient experiencing shortness of breath and chest tightness related to pulmonary edema. Learner should perform an initial assessment on...
Case Information:
Bundles: EMS Bundle
Learner Population: EMS/Prehospital, Military, Physician/Advanced Practice Provider
Specialty: Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine
Author: VALOR Program
Language: English
Room size: 16x16
Setting: Ambulance, Home
Patient ect:
Patient Gender: Male
Tags:
AEMT,
als,
bls,
CHF,
CPAP,
EMT,
Flash Pulmonary Edema,
heart failure,
Left Bundle Branch Block,
Military,
Nitroglycerine,
Paramedic,
Pulmonary Edema,
respiratory failure,