2001 Airway Management Emergency Department 
ACEP Now
JULY 7, 2023
CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound. Initial stabilization includes airway management and circulatory support. Currently, there is no FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for either the reversal of xylazine in humans or the management of withdrawal.
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.
Pediatric EM Morsels
JULY 21, 2023
Consider other indicators of need for airway management, such as gag reflex. 2001 Apr;68(4):311-4. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. Systematic review showed 85% of studies with substantial reliability with kappa statistic >0.6 Pediatr Neurol.
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