Summary. Dyspnea is a very common symptom seen by EMS providers. Treatment of shortness of breath can often be challenging given the difficulty in determining the etiology of a patientâs symptoms. Providers must focus on those therapies proven to benefit the patient and avoid those that may cause harm.
Patti Ghezzi is an adoptive mom and a freelance writer. She worked for 13 years as a journalist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Laura Moretti is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews. She is the author of Dagli Incurabili alla PietÃ . Le chiese degli Ospedali Grandi veneziani tra architettura e musica (1522-1790) (2008), and the joint author (with Deborah Howard) of Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice. Architecture, Music, Acoustics (2009).