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Podcast #91 - Active Exhalation (External Chest Compression) for Air Trapping
TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine
English - April 17, 2018 17:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science acls aprn atls cpr ems hems lpn pac pocus pals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Podcast #90 - Indefinite Evidence and Biased Reporting
Our guest, Eric Steffel, is a paramedic that reached out wanting to discuss active exhalation. It goes by many other names including "external chest compressions" or "lateral chest compressions" as some sources have indicated. We decided not to use the term "compression" though because this can quickly lead to someone thinking this is a chest compression similar to what is performed in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Eric prefers "active exhalation" and (understanding its potential limitations) is what we use for this podcast to define this procedure.