EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

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.

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EM Updates

MARCH 24, 2021

The primary tool for emergency airway management then became the traditional laryngoscope , a device little improved since the 1940s, until the advent of video laryngoscopy in the early 2000s which changed everything. HAVL , which uses a blade that goes around the tongue, requires that the operator look at the screen.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

7 The operators involved in the trial were mostly emergency medicine residents or critical care fellows, but this fact does not diminish the generalizability of these observations. Many clinicians staffing emergency departments intubate infrequently, as well, and these results are likely applicable to a wide scope of practice.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

A total of 400 mL of blood was suctioned throughout the procedure The SALAD Approach to Airway Management The presence of contaminants in the airway has been shown to decrease first-pass success at intubation, regardless of whether direct or video laryngoscopy is employed. Acad Emerg Med. References Prekker ME, et al.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

On arrival to the emergency department (ED) she was awake and breathing with stridor. She was transported to the operating suite where a tracheostomy was performed. 9 A surgical airway may be the best choice in patients with oromaxillofacial trauma. Anesthetic management of acute laryngeal trauma. Br J Anesth.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

A 24-year-old male with history of quadriplegia and traumatic brain injury presents to the emergency department with hemorrhage in his oral cavity and blood from his tracheostomy tube. Tracheo-innominate fistula (TIF) is an unusual and frequently lethal complication of such definitive airway placement. 2005;128: 3906-9.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 24, 2023

Table 1: Airway assessment Can we predict a difficult pediatric airway? Even though there is no clear-cut answer, there are some risk factors that make a difficult airway more likely. Airway complications are also more likely to occur in the emergency department (ED) than in the operating theatre.

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RebelEM

JULY 31, 2023

In this blog post, we explore the study’s key findings, strengths, and limitations, providing valuable insights while navigating the complexities of airway management in critically ill adults. 11 medical centers in the United States enrolled 1417 patients from 17 sites, including 7 emergency departments and 10 intensive care units.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 3, 2023

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). This could be explained by less experienced personnel dealing with the paediatric airway.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

It wrongly frightened some medical personnel as it was operated by a 50 psi wall source or from a step-down regulator from a tank (some thought the patient received wall 50 psi or 1500 psig from the tank directly to the lung. Preoxygenation, reoxygenation, and delayed sequence intubation in the emergency department. Van Dun, P.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 21, 2025

set out to explore in the Kids THRIVE study investigating whether NHF apnoeic oxygenation could improve intubation outcomes in critically unwell children needing emergency airway management. A total of eleven intensive care units (ten PICUs and one non-maternity NICU) and four emergency departments (EDs) took part in the study.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 3, 2025

Because of this, emergency department (ED) physicians need to maintain a high index of suspicion for inhalation injury in the case of any exposure to smoke or fire, especially in closed or small space exposures. Upper Airway Injury to the upper airway, defined as airway structures proximal to the glottis (i.e.

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