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Video beats direct laryngoscopy for intubation--even for experts

PulmCCM

Video laryngoscopy was introduced in 2001 as a technique for orotracheal intubation. The real world success rates by operators experienced with intubation remained unknown. In the relatively few studies comparing video to direct laryngoscopy, intubations were usually performed by inexperienced trainees, and sample sizes were small.

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Evaluation of a Community Emergency Medicine acute oncology pathway using 28-day follow-up

Emergency Medicine Journal

London’s physician response unit (PRU), established in 2001, has continually evolved its scope of practice. 3 As part of this work, the ‘Acute Oncology/CEM partnership’ standard operating procedure (SOP) was developed as a collaboration between the Barts Health Acute Oncology Service (AOS) and the PRU.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 4/1/24 (Issue #36)

PulmCCM

Ultrasound guidance during CVC placement has been a recommended practice since 2001 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, with multiple professional societies echoing that recommendation in the following decade. Authors also had no information on operators’ experience levels.

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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

At this point, the patient is taken to the operating room for a diagnostic laparoscopy. She was taken to the operating room and found to have a right tubal ectopic pregnancy with a pseudogestational sac. 2007), Free Fluid in Morison's Pouch on Bedside Ultrasound Predicts Need for Operative Intervention in Suspected Ectopic Pregnancy.

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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

2001, 193 (3): 303-309. 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. Survival after Emergency Department thoracotomy: review of published data for last 25 years. J Am Coll Surg; 2000.

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There will be blood

Intensive Blog

Image source: Thakar et al (2001), available at URL: [link] Q5. The many causes of anaemia include: Decreased production Malnutrition Bone marrow suppression (e.g., Cannula site bleeding.

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Episode 25: Tension pneumothorax 2

PHEM Cast

Journal of Special Operations Medicine : a Peer Reviewed Journal for SOF Medical Professionals , 13 (4), 53–58. Needle Decompression for Tension Pneumothorax in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Do Catheters Placed in the Midaxillary Line Kink More Often Than Those in the Midclavicular Line? The Journal of Trauma , 71 , S408–S412. Ferrie, E.