Emergency Transport and Care

Microstream® Capnography also benefits paramedics and EMTs in the transport and care of patients, whether intubated or non-intubated.

Microstream Capnography provides an immediate assessment of and continuous feedback on a patient’s ventilatory status during emergency response. It can also detect airway obstruction and other ventilation problems.

Microstream Capnography easily switches from intubated to non-intubated use, with no zeroing, no individual patient calibration or reconfiguration required.

Studies show the growing clinical importance of capnography

Reasons for adopting Microstream Capnography in Emergency Transport and Care

• The 2010 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for CPR and ECC recommend the use of continuous waveform capnography to confirm endotracheal tube placement, determine the quality of CPR and detect Return of Spontaneous Circulation, as well as guide CPR therapy for Pediatric Advanced Life Support.¹
• Capnography is useful in titration of CO2 levels in ICP scenarios. ²
• Capnography is also useful in determining the ventilatory status of patients with asthma³ or COPD. ⁴
• Capnography determines the ventilatory status of seizing patients. ⁵
• Capnography identifies patients in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. ⁶

¹ 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

² Tight control of prehospital ventilation by capnography in major trauma victims. M. Helm*, R. Schuster, J. Hauke and L. Lampl British Journal of Anaesthesia 90 (3): 327±32 (2003)

³ Capnogram shape in obstructive lung disease. Krauss B, Deykin A, Lam A, Ryoo JJ, Hampton DR, Schmitt PW, Falk JL. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2005;100: 884-888.

⁴ Quantitative End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide in Acute Exacerbation of Asthma. Langhan,M, Zonfrillo,M and Spiro,D. June 2008. Journal of Pediatrics. Vol 152 (6)

⁵ Capnography determines the ventilatory status of seizing patients Abramo TJ, Wiebe RA, Scott S, Goto CS, McIntire DD. Noninvasive capnometry monitoring for respiratory status during pediatric seizures. Crit Care Med, 1997; 25(7):1242-1246.

⁶ Predicting diabetic ketoacidosis in children by measuring end-tidal CO2 via non-invasive nasal capnography. Yuri Gilhotra and Paul Porter. Department of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Mater Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 43 (2007) 677–680