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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

EMDocs

Murine Typhus—United States, 2002. California Department of Public Health. Flea-Borne Typhus: Epidemiology Summary 2013-2019. Accessed August 19, 2024. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(50):1209-1211. Accessed August 19, 2024. Peniche Lara G, Dzul-Rosado KR, Zavala Velázquez JE, Zavala-Castro J.

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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

Relative contraindications are several, including difficulty with airway management, facial trauma, ventricular assist device, intra-aortic balloon pump, severe chest wall lesions or rib fractures, massive hemoptysis, unstable pelvic or long bone fractures, and open abdominal wounds. Malhotra, A. UpToDate, Waltham, MA. Messerole, E.

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Intubation

PHEM Cast

Positioning From: [link] Recommended Rich Levitan resources Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan Airway axes From: McGuire B, Hodge K. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2002; 94; S-123. Guidance documents College of Paramedics Statement on Intubation, available here. Tracheal intubation. 20(12);681-686.

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Episode 36: COVID-19

PHEM Cast

whose review included 10 studies (5 case-control; 5 cohort), all of which investigated transmission of SARS from patients to healthcare workers in intensive care or other healthcare settings during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreaks. This evaluation is based on a systematic review by Tran et al.

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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

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). A Tight Squeeze Airway management for the limited-access patient. Smally, A.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Buffington] NTI largely supplanted by RSI: Current resuscitation practice focuses on the oral route for airway management and intubation. March, 2002) Emergency Care Essentials: 'Nasal Intubation Strategies'. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH Trauma Airway Management J Emerg Med. Advances in prehospital airway management.