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Hugh Greenbaum

Hugh Greenbaum is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedic with a 9-1-1 response agency in the USA State of Virginia, with nearly 40 years of experience as a volunteer EMS provider. He is certified as an EMS Education Coordinator in Virginia and teaches Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) classes for his agency. Hugh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine.

Emergency Capnography

Emergency Capnography is for every clinician who has wanted to waterboard their monitor to make it give up its secrets. Capnography, non-invasively, provides a wealth of data regarding the patient's perfusion, metabolism, and ventilation. The challenge is interpreting these data. Emergency Capnography helps put the data into context through presentations of capnography's role in a variety of emergency conditions. With context, capnography data becomes valuable diagnostic information.

CPR Induced Consciousness and ETCO2

Oct 09, 2024 by Hugh Greenbaum

CPR Induced Consciousness is being described more frequently in emergency medical literature. Most of the cases described in the literature have over indications. My interest is in the more subtle cases, where the patient may be aware but not "active". My hypothesis is that we can recognize these cases through ETCO2 measurements.

Is ETCO2 a "fifth vital sign"?

Sep 30, 2024 by Hugh Greenbaum

In my book, I stated that ETCO₂ should not be considered a "fifth vital sign". I'm having to reconsider this position.

Emergency Capnography Excerpt in JEMS

Aug 16, 2024 by Hugh Greenbaum

JEMS just published an excerpt from Emergency Capnography.

Welcome to My Site and Blog

Jul 28, 2024 by Hugh Greenbaum

This is my first blog post, introducing my first book on my first web site. A whole collection of firsts. Thank you for joining me in this new adventure!