This chapter from Outdoor Emergency Care: A Patroller's Guide to Medical Care (6th edition) serves as a comprehensive guide for Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) Technicians to manage respiratory emergencies. It emphasizes the crucial need for OEC technicians to understand respiratory physiology, identify various breathing problems and their signs and symptoms, and perform rapid, life-stabilizing interventions, such as assessing patients, administering oxygen, and assisting with inhalers. The document also details common respiratory conditions like asthma, COPD, hyperventilation syndrome, pulmonary embolism, and pneumothorax, alongside practical skills for patient assessment and management in the field. Ultimately, the text aims to equip technicians with the knowledge and abilities to effectively respond to and manage critical breathing difficulties in emergency situations.

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