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Adventures in RSI

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Pediatric airway management is a skill that integrates the three types of knowledge as described by the ancient Greeks: episteme , or theoretical knowledge, techne , or technical knowledge, and phronesis , or practical wisdom, also called prudence. We often have limited information in critical situations. Relax, it’s a myth.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Inhalation Injuries

Taming the SRU

million fires in 2020, with some studies quoting over 500,000 emergency room visits annually for burn and inhalation injuries (4). For example, one study examining occupational chemical injuries from 2011- 2017 showed a total of 297 fatalities with an average of around 40 fatalities per year (13).

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