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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). His name is Ben. Burgart, A.M.

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SGEM#438: Bone, Bone, Bone, Tell Me What Ya Gonna Do – for IO Access Location?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is also the local director of the difficult airway EMS course at Washington State. When emergency department (ED) staff roll her to remove her clothing her humeral intraosseous (IO) is dislodged. Case: EMS arrives with a 58-year-old woman who suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA).

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

ultrasound grand rounds: bedside dvt studies - family presence in the ed/icu - r1 clinical knowledge: aicd - r3 small groups: difficult airway management Ultrasound grand rounds: DVT studies WITH Dr. minges Why should we perform bedside DVT studies in the ED? ETT onto a fiberoptic scope.

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The 70th Bubble Wrap – DFTB x MSc in PEM

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This single-centre academic urban institution in the United States (US) undertook a 10-year retrospective observational study of paediatric intubation and bougie use in their emergency department (ED). Also, the study was conducted in a centre where clinicians commonly use a bougie for airway management. O’Connell et al.

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SGEM#247: Supraglottic Airways Gonna Save You for an OHCA?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: EMS arrive to your emergency department with a 68-year-old man post cardiac arrest patient. They had a difficult time getting a definitive airway pre-hospital. It required multiple attempts which caused several prolonged interruptions in CPR. Key to survival is high-quality CPR and early defibrillation.

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Episode 22 - Electrical Injuries in the Emergency Department An Evidence-Based Review

EB Medicine

But this month’s episode is special in its own way - we’ll be tackling Electrical Injuries in the emergency department - from low and high voltage injuries to the more extreme and rare lightning related injuries. Jeff: Let’s move on to evaluation in the emergency department. Jeff: You’re right. Jeff: You’re right.

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Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

EB Medicine

This month, after a few months of primarily medical topics, we’re talking trauma, specifically Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management. Moreover, when airway management is needed, advanced airway techniques by ALS crews were associated with decreased odds of survival. topics.php?paction=showTopic&topic_id=597)