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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. While some studies showed that CPRIC is associated with increased survival to hospital discharge, administering muscle relaxants during resuscitation increased mortality. 2013 Jan;31(1):222-6. Ben was awake but paralysed.

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ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

Airway management should not be delayed. 7 Airway management: consider early airway management. Case Follow-up: The patient required benzodiazepine administration for seizure management and subsequent intubation for airway protection. 2013; 6:524. Published 2013 Dec 9.

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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. Resuscitation. Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients.

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Supraglottic Airways

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

How much force is required to dislodge an alternate airway? An update on out-of-hospital airway management practices in the United States. Resuscitation. Successful tracheal intubation through an intubating laryngeal airway in pediatric patients with airway hemorrhage. 2013 Sep 9;(9):CD010105.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

ultrasound grand rounds: bedside dvt studies - family presence in the ed/icu - r1 clinical knowledge: aicd - r3 small groups: difficult airway management Ultrasound grand rounds: DVT studies WITH Dr. minges Why should we perform bedside DVT studies in the ED?

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Episode 19: Surgical Airway

PHEM Cast

Other fantastic #FOAM resources regarding airway management are available: From Nicholas Chrimes at [link] From the fabulous people over at Life in the Fast Lane including a video demo from Scott Weingart from EMCrit: [link] References This is Tim’s recent publication we mention in the ‘cast! Woodall, N., & Frerk, C.

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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. IOs can be used both for resuscitation, medication administration, and for laboratory testing, but there are a few important considerations. 2013 Jul;30(7):521–6.