The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 13, 2024

Resuscitation 2023. Resuscitation 2023. Your EMS agency has equipped you with small-volume adult bag-valve masks (BVMs), the first responders have been utilizing a standard adult BVM thus far during the resuscitation. Your partner asks you which of the two BVMs you should use to continue the resuscitation.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

AUGUST 24, 2021

How should we adjust airway management for the older trauma patient? The post Ep 159 Geriatric Trauma Part 1: The Under-Triaging Problem, Resuscitation, Airway, Head and C-spine Imaging, Clearing the C-spine appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases. What is the utility of the Shock Index in older patients?

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Emergency Medicine Journal

JANUARY 22, 2024

Supraglottic airway versus tracheal intubation for airway management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials by Forestell et al Topic: resuscitation Rating: head turner There is ongoing uncertainty regarding the ideal approach to airway management in out-of-hospital (..)

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 11, 2023

A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of the iGel and King Laryngeal Tube Supraglottic Airways for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation. A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of the iGel and King Laryngeal Tube Supraglottic Airways for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JUNE 4, 2019

The post EM Quick Hits 5 Ludwig’s Angina, Transient Monocular Vision Loss, D-dimer for PE Workup in Pregnancy, Pediatric Nasal Foreign Bodies, Trimethoprim Drug Interactions, Airway Management in Cardiac Arrest appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Thinking Critical Care

MAY 20, 2023

Building on the energy and ethos that Philippe has curated in the Resuscitation side, I’m thrilled to bring a killer set of on-demand lectures and in-person content delivered by a top-notch, multi-disciplinary faculty. The Resuscitative TEE Course , run by none other than Felipe Teran is back again! This is gold.

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RCEM Learning

APRIL 9, 2024

Ensure that you have a solid understanding of the core subjects, including emergency medicine, clinical skills, critical care, resuscitation, and trauma management. Review the Exam Syllabus: Carefully go through the exam syllabus to identify the key topics and areas that will be tested.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Now, a randomized, controlled trial clearly demonstrates some patients with low GCS are far more likely to be harmed by an aggressive approach to airway management. Effect of noninvasive airway management of comatose patients with acute poisoning: a randomized clinical trial. Freund Y, Viglino D, Cachanado M, et al.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 9, 2023

Of course, we all have a healthy respect for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and we like to talk about Damage Control Resuscitation. Multimodal management can help avoid variceal bleeding. Prepare airway management tools (hoping to avoid needing them). Keep patient comfortable. Obtain large-bore access.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2019

They had a difficult time getting a definitive airway pre-hospital. After the patient is stabilized the medic asks you how he can improve his airway management skills during a cardiac arrest as it was difficult to intubate during compressions. The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. What should you tell him?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

His primary interests are resuscitation, prehospital critical […] The post SGEM#231: You’re So Vein – IO vs. IV Access for OHCA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. His primary interests are resuscitation, prehospital critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 21, 2021

Positioning From: [link] Recommended Rich Levitan resources Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan Airway axes From: McGuire B, Hodge K. Resuscitation. Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients.

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PHEM Cast

MAY 3, 2020

Where trained and equipped to use level 3 PPE, this may be used where it will not cause a delay commence resuscitation where this is indicated by local clinical guidance. From the Resuscitation Council: Click here for more from the Resus Council on COVID-19. Just before you go … something to make you smile!

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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?

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EM SIM Cases

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The resuscitation team is expected to recognize and manage myasthenic crisis with respiratory failure, with consideration for airway management with an anterior mediastinal mass. RT was paged to assess vital capacity, and finds her in respiratory distress, at which point the Rapid Response Team (sim team) is paged.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 25, 2020

His primary interests are resuscitation, critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound. His primary interests are resuscitation, critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound. Case: A 60-year-old male is in your emergency department with sepsis from pneumonia.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 10, 2017

What alterations to airway management are necessary for the GI bleed patient? What are the goals of resuscitation in a massive GI bleed? What's the evidence for using an NG tube for diagnosis and management of upper GI bleeds? Which patients require red cell transfusions? Which patients require red cell transfusions?

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Otolaryngology (ENT) was emergently consulted and the patient was brought to a resuscitation bay because of worry concerning possible aspiration secondary to posterior epistaxis, requiring further airway stabilization. Assuming a difficult airway, both a video laryngoscope and cricothyroidotomy kit were prepared at bedside.

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EMDocs

JUNE 7, 2023

Airway management should not be delayed. 7 Airway management: consider early airway management. Case Follow-up: The patient required benzodiazepine administration for seizure management and subsequent intubation for airway protection.

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EM SIM Cases

MARCH 14, 2023

After the program identified a gap in resuscitation training opportunities for their learners, she set up a longitudinal simulation based training curriculum for the learners of the curriculum, based on the objectives of training of the specialty and a needs assessment conducted by the program of relevant stakeholders. DOI:10.1037//0033-295X.100.3.363.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 22, 2018

The last decade has seen a torrent of literature and expert opinion on emergency airway management. It is challenging to integrate all this new information into a seamless flow when faced with a challenging airway situation.

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PHEM Cast

JULY 6, 2017

Other fantastic #FOAM resources regarding airway management are available: From Nicholas Chrimes at [link] From the fabulous people over at Life in the Fast Lane including a video demo from Scott Weingart from EMCrit: [link] References This is Tim’s recent publication we mention in the ‘cast! Woodall, N., & Frerk, C.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MARCH 28, 2020

There are many complicated guides on airway management and protected intubation since the COVID-19 pandemic broke. Canada's leading airway expert, George Kovacs guides us through the general principles and important details of the protected RSI. This can be confusing in our rush to develop protocols and guides in our own EDs.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

6 Treatment : Airway Definitive airway management should be performed in those with respiratory distress with attention to appropriate resuscitation started beforehand in the setting of potential distributive shock from mediastinitis. 4 Fluid resuscitation and vasopressor use as appropriate.

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RebelEM

AUGUST 7, 2023

This helps relieve agitation/pain while maintaining spontaneous breathing and airway reflexes allowing for adequate pre-oxygenation as well as facilitates other resuscitation interventions including IV access, vasopressors, fluids, etc. that would not be possible in an agitated/combative patient.

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Head Injuries Outcomes Airway Management Burns 85

Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Therefore, they require fluid resuscitation to restore blood pressure, correct the ketonemia and electrolyte abnormalities, and oliguria. patient is becoming drowsy), seek anaesthetic assistance straight away for airway management. For shocked patients fluid resuscitation should begin as quickly as possible.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JUNE 19, 2018

What management recommendations would you make to the rural ED physician, the transport team and in your ED with regards to treatment of seizures, safe correction of hyponatremia, airway management, search for underlying cause and prevention of Osmotic Demyelenation Syndrome?

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Resus Review

APRIL 23, 2015

P ediatric airway management is one of the most stressful and fearful activities within the emergency department. There is also a tremendous cognitive load during pediatric resuscitations determining the appropriate sized equipment and medication dosing, increasing the pressure. There are physiologic differences.

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 17, 2016

Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management. Effects of face mask ventilation in apneic patients with a resuscitation ventilator in comparision with a bag-valve-mask. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2015; 65(4): 371-376. Weingart SD, Levitan RM. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2016: 28(1); 67-72.

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Airway Management Burns Emergency Department Resuscitation 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 9, 2015

How versatile are your airway skills? Most airway management is done with the patient supine and on a table. Importantly, you should practice airway support and BVM facing the patient "from the south" (facing cephalad). Resuscitation, 56(1), 83-89. Pediatric Airway Management. Gather everyone.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

APRIL 2, 2024

In this part 2 of our 2-part podcast on asthma with Dr. Sameer Mal and Dr. Leeor Sommer, we dig into the recognition and management of life-threatening asthma. What are the best options for dosing and administering magnesium sulphate, epinephrine, fentanyl and ketamine in the management of the crashing asthmatic?

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Thinking Critical Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. While some studies showed that CPRIC is associated with increased survival to hospital discharge, administering muscle relaxants during resuscitation increased mortality. Another attempt led to an oesophageal intubation.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the fifth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. It was not a practical resuscitative aid until production could be commercially successful (~1895) and made portable in compressed form. Pulmotor is 1907.

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 15, 2023

At one of our recent education days we heard Dr Mark Russell and Dr Mark Newcombe deliver excellent presentations of cases which they had been involved in, involving resuscitative hysterotomy and neonatal resuscitation respectively. Airway The neonatal airway is small, and easily compressible.

Hospitals 85

Hospitals Resuscitation Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Teamwork 85

RCEM Learning

APRIL 9, 2024

Ensure that you have a solid understanding of the core subjects, including emergency medicine, critical care, resuscitation, trauma management, and relevant guidelines. Review the Exam Syllabus: Carefully review the exam syllabus to identify the key topics and areas that will be tested.

Infectious Diseases 52

Infectious Diseases Airway Management Resuscitation Poisoning 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MARCH 1, 2017

How much force is required to dislodge an alternate airway? An update on out-of-hospital airway management practices in the United States. Resuscitation. Successful tracheal intubation through an intubating laryngeal airway in pediatric patients with airway hemorrhage. Resuscitation. Ehrlich PF et al.

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