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Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is the delivery of ventilatory support without the need for an artificial airway. NIV is provided using either positive or negative pressure. However, since the early 1980s, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) has emerged as an important advance in respiratory care. In 2000, the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) issued a position statement on pre-hospital NIPPV: “Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation is a viable pre-hospital therapeutic option for acute dyspnea” [1]. The NAEMSP position statement was based on the work of Kosowsky [2], titled “Pre-hospital use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for presumed pulmonary edema: a preliminary case series,” also published in 2000.
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LeCroy, S.C. (2016). Equipment Technology for Noninvasive Ventilation in the Pre-hospital Setting. In: Esquinas, A. (eds) Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21653-9_31
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