Taming the SRU

JANUARY 1, 2024

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. 2019 May 31;14(5):e0217629. Schindler P, Helfen A, Wildgruber M, Heindel W, Schülke C, Masthoff M. Li Y, editor. Von Hoff DD, Kuhn JG, Burris HA, Miller LJ. Am J Emerg Med.

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RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

2019 Aug; PMID: 30954692 Clinical Question: What is the impact of system factors in the implementation of standard-of-care LPV in critically ill ED patients admitted to the ICU? Paper: Owyang CG, et al. The effect of emergency department crowding on lung-protective ventilation utilization for critically ill patients. J Crit Care.

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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. 2019 Jul;20(7):660-666. 2019 Sep;241:112-118. Epub 2019 Apr 22. 2019 Jul;20(7):682-683. 2019): 478–483.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2019

Date: February 26th, 2019 Reference: Benger et al. Effect of a Strategy of a Supraglottic Airway Device
vs. The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. Date: February 26th, 2019 Reference: Benger et al. Effect of a Strategy of a Supraglottic Airway Device
vs. The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

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PulmCCM

APRIL 18, 2024

Anesthesiology residents literally stop counting, generally performing well over a thousand intubations in a four-year residency (compared to pulmonary-critical care fellows’ mere nine months total in the ICU on a traditional research/clinical split), including extensive experience on difficult airways and advanced airway management.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It is particularly useful in cases of physically difficult airway management, such as in patients with obesity, limited neck mobility, or cervical spine immobilization. Incidence and factors associated with cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management. 2019, 64:617-28. References: Heffner AC et al.

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Critical Care Now

APRIL 5, 2022

The Excellence in Prehospital Injury (EPIC) Study The EPIC TBI study ran from 2007 to 2019 and involved an EMS and public health partnership in Arizona. It included the statewide implementation of the Brain Trauma Foundation and the NAEMSP guidelines for prehospital management of TBI.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 24, 2023

Table 1: Airway assessment Can we predict a difficult pediatric airway? Even though there is no clear-cut answer, there are some risk factors that make a difficult airway more likely. The three non-surgical airway lifelines are arranged in a circular fashion around a central area representing the CICO situation.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Background Patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (t-OHCA) require on-scene airway management to maintain tissue oxygenation. Methods This retrospective cohort study used a Japanese nationwide trauma registry from 2019 to 2021.

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EMDocs

JUNE 7, 2023

Airway management should not be delayed. 7 Airway management: consider early airway management. Laboratory testing methods have a prolonged turnaround time which can place the patient in a worse clinical state if you withhold treatment in lieu of confirmatory results. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016;81(3):462-470.

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