PHEM Cast

MARCH 17, 2016

References Wilmalasena Y, Burns B, Reid C, Ware S., 2015; 65(4): 371-376. Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management. Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Weingart SD, Levitan RM. Weingart SD.

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Airway Management Burns Emergency Department Resuscitation 52

Taming the SRU

JANUARY 1, 2024

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. Contraindications for USGIV are the same as for any PIV: overlying skin infection, AV fistula in the extremity, previous surgery impacting vasculature, proximal trauma, or burns.

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Emergency Department Ultrasounds Administration Burns 92

EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Nachi: Each year, in the US, approximately 10,000 patients present with electrical burns or shocks. Thankfully, fatalities are declining, with just 565 in 2015. You’re probably familiar with this concept when you see high voltages arcing through the air without direct contact with the actual electrical source, leading to diffuse burns.

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Emergency Department Burns EKG/ECG Shock 40

Taming the SRU

MARCH 3, 2025

million fires in 2020, with some studies quoting over 500,000 emergency room visits annually for burn and inhalation injuries (4). Upper Airway Injury to the upper airway, defined as airway structures proximal to the glottis (i.e. United States fire departments responded to 1.4

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Burns Fluid Resuscitation Emergency Department Resuscitation 52