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Having problems with your PAPR-work? (When an N95 mask simply won’t do … )

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This is not a feasible practice in the Emergency Department which must deal immediately with an undifferentiated patient. This is a different issue, but you may wish to explore your expected duties and what PPE equipment will be provided you from the disaster supplies.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 116: Massive Hemoptysis

EMDocs

Preparation: dual large bore suction devices, full PPE, push dose pressors, prep for soilage of airway device, multiple devices, prep for cricothyrotomy. Am J Emerg Med. The emergency department evaluation and management of massive hemoptysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar;45(3):756-64. 2024 Nov;85:179-185.

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First10EM Journal Club: March 2024

Broome Docs

Emerg Med J. Is our PPE evidence-based? A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial comparing nebulized ketamine to intravenous morphine for older adults in the emergency department with acute musculoskeletal pain. Casey wrote a protocol for peripheral noradrenaline 9 years ago… in 2015! Age Ageing.

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SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

After donning your PPE (personal protective equipment) and greeting the trauma surgeon in your resuscitation bay, nursing delivers report that you are about to receive a 24-year-old male that was involved in an explosion that knocked the patient from their vehicle. .

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Jeff: In fact, a meta-analysis on vaccine effectiveness from 2004-2015 found that the pooled effectiveness against influenza B was 54%, against the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 was 61%, and against the H3N2 virus was 33%. J: So that wraps up episode 23 - Influenza: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department.