Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Key take-home points While Ben’s case is tragic, we can learn important points about airway management.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Consider other indicators of need for airway management, such as gag reflex. Academic emergency medicine 12.9 2006 May;34(5):379-87. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. It’s complicated. Less than 8 doesn’t always mean intubate !

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 17, 2016

Apneic oxygenation was associated with decreased desaturation rates during rapid sequence intubation by an Australian helicopter emergency medicine service. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management. Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 21, 2021

Positioning From: [link] Recommended Rich Levitan resources Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan Airway axes From: McGuire B, Hodge K. Emergency tracheal intubation: complications associated with repeated laryngoscope attempts. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012; Volume 60, Issue 6, Pages 749–754.e2

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