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Episode 32 - Assisting With Air Travel Medical Emergencies: Responsibilities and Pitfalls (Ethics CME)

EB Medicine

The authors note that the air is actually comparable to that of an operating room. Nachi: AEDs are also required and have been since 2001 and amazingly when a shock was delivered in flight, 40% survived to hospital discharge with a good outcome. Nachi: Then why are people always getting sick after flying…?

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Foreign Bodies in the Head and Neck

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

11 Beware the “double-ring” sign: this is a button battery13 This is an emergency: the electrolyte-rich mucosa conducts a focal current from the narrow negative terminal of the battery, rapidly causing burn, necrosis, and possibly perforation. Nonfatal Choking on Food Among Children 14 Years or Younger in the United States, 2001–2009.