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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach

ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

Additionally, one must be prepared for definitive airway management and know when laboratory investigations will prove valuable to guide further management. Even if you are successful in stopping the bleed in the ED, these patients need rapid ENT consultation for urgent definitive management in the operating room.

Airway Management

Airway Management Operations Resuscitation Pediatrics

Ep 110 Airway Pitfalls – Live from EMU 2018

Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 22, 2018

The last decade has seen a torrent of literature and expert opinion on emergency airway management. It is challenging to integrate all this new information into a seamless flow when faced with a challenging airway situation. The post Ep 110 Airway Pitfalls – Live from EMU 2018 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

Airway Management

Airway Management Resuscitation EMS

EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

EMDocs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

2018 Oct-Dec;55(4):258-264. Answer : Murine Typhus Epidemiology: Murine typhus is endemic in several parts of the U.S.: Tello-Martin R, Dzul-Rosado K, Zavala-Castro J, Lugo-Caballero C. Approaches for the successful isolation and cell culture of American Rickettsia species. J Vector Borne Dis. doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.256560.

EMS

EMS Infectious Diseases Shock Airway Management

Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 9, 2023

Management and prevention of varices typically focuses on treatment of the underlying cause of the liver disease and also includes: [ Banc-Husu, 2023 ; Luoto, 2020 ] Surveillance endoscopies Primary prophylaxis Surgical shunt procedures There is significant morbidity associated with acute variceal bleeding in children. 2018 Sep;67(3):371-376.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Head Injuries Airway Management Administration

Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

cats and dogs have their own GCS scores [Lapsley 2019, Ash 2018] Moral of the Morsel Modified can make it Merrier! Consider other indicators of need for airway management, such as gag reflex. 2018 Jun;128(6):1612-1620. 2018): 192–200. Fun fact for animal lovers!- It’s complicated. A practical scale.

Head Injuries

Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock

Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?

ACEP Now

APRIL 5, 2024

These limitations are sufficient to question the recommendation to use a bougie as first line airway management. For patients requiring emergency airway management, the use of a bougie is an important technique. Having a bougie readily available with the usual airway equipment may expedite airway management.

Airway Management

Airway Management Operations Emergency Department Research

SGEM#247: Supraglottic Airways Gonna Save You for an OHCA?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2019

Effect of a Strategy of a Supraglottic Airway Device vs. The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. Effect of a Strategy of a Supraglottic Airway Device vs. The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. They had a difficult time getting a definitive airway pre-hospital. The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Airway Management

Airway Management CPR Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Outcomes

SGEM#231: You’re So Vein – IO vs. IV Access for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: September 21st, 2018 Reference: Kawano et al. Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado. display_podcast] Date: September 21st, 2018 Reference: Kawano et al.

Basic Life Support

Basic Life Support Airway Management CPR Resuscitation

SGEM#396: And iGel Myself, I’m Over You, Cus I’m the King (Tube) of Wishful Thinking

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 11, 2023

The fire-based crew has basic life support (BLS) airway supplies including the King Laryngeal Tube, the paramedic crew carries iGel supraglottic airways (SGAs) in addition to their intubation equipment. Background: Airway management strategies for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have been hotly debated since the dawn of CPR.

Airway Management

Airway Management Basic Life Support CPR Resuscitation

Intubation

PHEM Cast

APRIL 21, 2021

Positioning From: [link] Recommended Rich Levitan resources Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan Airway axes From: McGuire B, Hodge K. Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients. 20(12);681-686.

Airway Management

Airway Management Resuscitation EMS Hospitals

Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Paediatrics

Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 19, 2023

patient is becoming drowsy), seek anaesthetic assistance straight away for airway management. The patient’s blood capillary glucose and ketones must be measured to confirm the diagnosis and DKA and guide management. BSPED Guideline for the Management of Children and Young people under the age of 18 with DKA.

Dehydration

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Shock Resuscitation

Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice

EM SIM Cases

MARCH 14, 2023

Feedback from the junior learners has included comments about how they can feel very lost and confused when they first join the simulation training sessions because of the chaos they feel in the room; they feel that it’s difficult to learn how to incorporate the basics of CPR and advanced airway management into a more complex scenario.

CPR

CPR Resuscitation Pediatrics Academics

Episode 22 - Electrical Injuries in the Emergency Department An Evidence-Based Review

EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In total, they pulled references from 1966 until 2018. As always, it’s ABC and IV, O2, monitor first with early airway management in those with head and neck burns being a top priority. In total, they pulled references from 1966 until 2018. Their search yielded 477 articles, which was narrowed to 88 after initial review.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Burns EKG/ECG Shock

ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

JUNE 7, 2023

7 Check out ToxCard: Nerve Agents by Dr. Sahi & Dr. Santos from July 2018 Organophosphates exert their toxic effects by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase within the synaptic cleft, which leads to accumulation of acetylcholine, with subsequent overstimulation of postsynaptic nicotinic and muscarinic receptors, and a predominant cholinergic effect.

Poisoning

Poisoning Airway Management Seizures PPE