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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Ben has a possible skull fracture and has been intubated, but his oxygen requirement is minimal. A retrospective cohort analysis of the ED portion of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2006 to 2009 in the US revealed that less than one-half of patients undergoing ETI in the ED received sedative drugs while in the ED.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Vascular Access in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. It is a relatively new procedure first described in 2009 (13). 2009 Sep 11;2(3):155–60. 2009 Nov;37(4):419. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;76(2):134–42. Int J Emerg Med.

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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. Intracranial placement of a nasotracheal tube after facial fracture: a rare complication. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH Trauma Airway Management J Emerg Med. Cover with antibiotic.

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

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Neurotransmitter. 2015;2:10-14800/nt. doi:10.14800/nt.491 tetani infection is also indicated. tetani infection is also indicated.