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Hyperoxia: Too Much of a Good Thing

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Every five years, a conference determines the current state of the art for resuscitation recommendations. For babies born at term, it is best to begin resuscitation with room air rather than 100% oxygen. Resuscitation, 85(9), 1142-1148. The potential harm of oxygen therapy in medical emergencies. Eastwood, G. Cornet, A.

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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

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ü With foresight, plan for your alternatives based upon what you have now , until the patient can be brought safely to conventional resuscitation room settings. Resuscitation, 56(1), 83-89. NREMT (2008). December 2008 JEMS Vol. SGAs and some methods of intubation can be placed in the prone position. McClusky, S.,

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

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This Blog episode concerns aspects of the concept of using the nose to obtain an airway or to ventilate emergency patients; it does not deal comprehensively with all aspects thereof that a specialist might do. Few people now remember that a strong early proposal in the move for expired air resuscitation was Mouth to Nose.

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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

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When: The patient needs airway control for resuscitation of mother or child, emergent surgery for maternal or fetal indications; block cannot be effected or would be unsafe. The concept of post-mortem caesarian delivery is being supplanted by ante -mortem resuscitative uterine extraction to save both mother and child.