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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach

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Additionally, one must be prepared for definitive airway management and know when laboratory investigations will prove valuable to guide further management. Resuscitation Begin by positioning the patient upright in their position of comfort to reduce the risk for aspiration and improve visualization of the bleeding site.

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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January 2022. Answer : Murine Typhus Epidemiology: Murine typhus is endemic in several parts of the U.S.: Revisiting doxycycline in pregnancy and early childhood–time to rebuild its reputation? Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2016;15(3):367-82. Food and Drug Administration. Doxycycline Capsules USP. Available at: [link].

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AIR – Learning from the Airway Registry (November 2023)

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Sydney HEMs is proud of its commitment to excellence in airway management. In 2022, we achieved: 95% overall first pass success rate (first pass of laryngoscope into mouth results in successful intubation, from both prehospital and inter hospital cases, including cold tube and RSI. The patient went on to have a surgical airway.

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Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Of course, we all have a healthy respect for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and we like to talk about Damage Control Resuscitation. Multimodal management can help avoid variceal bleeding. Prepare airway management tools (hoping to avoid needing them). Epub 2022 Dec 26. Keep patient comfortable. Semin Liver Dis.

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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

Prone positioning, or having the patient lay face-down on the bed, has been used in the management of ARDS for several decades. This maneuver improves oxygenation and gas exchange via three main mechanisms (Malhotra, 2022): 1. What are the physiologic effects of proning?

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Paediatrics

Mind The Bleep

Therefore, they require fluid resuscitation to restore blood pressure, correct the ketonemia and electrolyte abnormalities, and oliguria. patient is becoming drowsy), seek anaesthetic assistance straight away for airway management. For shocked patients fluid resuscitation should begin as quickly as possible. Tasker, R.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

RebelEM

What They Did: Retrospective, observational cohort study in a single high-volume academic hospital The ED had a 5 bed area used for ongoing management and resuscitation of patients who clinically deteriorate while boarding or while actively undergo a workup in other sections of the ED. 2022 Feb 8; PMID: 35156050 Higgins TL et al.