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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

J Am Coll Surg; 2000. pdf Equipment required for resuscitative thoracotomy: Surface anatomy: Appearance of pericardial clot A foley catheter being used to fill a cardiac wound – note how easily this could be pulled out. Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

A recent success by the ACEP was averting a decrease of our reimbursement for our 99284 E&M codes, saving an estimated $200 million for emergency physicians in 2023. However, unlike 80 percent of U.S. If ACEP is already doing this, why be a member? ACEP has a voice for all, but its reach is limited by resources.

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High Pressure Injection Injury

Cook County EM Blog

Further document handedness, occupation, site of injury, and thorough review of systems to evaluate for potential complications ○ Complications as distant as pneumomediastinum following air injection of the hand have been reported5,6. ➢ 2019 Nov 16;8(11):2000. 2000 Jul;45(1):64-6. J Clin Med. doi: 10.3390/jcm8112000.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

RebelEM

First ED-based study to evaluate how operational effects such as crowding can affect patient care in the form of LPV Included ARDS criteria relating to the usage of LPV in the ED allowing evaluation as to whether patients with ARDS were more likely to receive LPV settings. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al. N Engl J Med.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Farrington] Rebuilding of outdated hospitals put emergency rooms on ground level with nearby X-ray service, and, ideally, sometimes closer to the Blood Bank and the Operating Rooms. EMS in America: The Foundation Documents. We applied to "The Golden Hour" the attitudes and abilities that led to a man on the moon.

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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Pull out the manikins (or use a volunteer; BVM only) and run some awkward codes! They may be entrapped; have limited access; may be midway in an operating position that can’t be changed; may need to be sitting due to pulmonary edema, morbid obesity, aspiration prevention or for awake intubation. J., Beckham, J., & Cortes, V.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. Myocardial infarction in an adult resulting from coronary aneurysms previously documented in childhood after an acute episode of Kawasaki’s disease.