Greater Sydney Area HEMS

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Sydney HEMs is proud of its commitment to excellence in airway management. A change of operator or removal of the blade from the mouth ends the attempt). Follow this link to see all our burns-related airway videos: [link] These two videos come from the same patient, who had life-threatening burns.

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Airway Management Burns Operations Resuscitation 144

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 19, 2024

With that in mind, let’s review how to manage the post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage in children : Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage : Management General Preparation Call for help… no time for your pride to get in the way! Get a hold of ENT early as OR management and/or admission are common. 2023 Aug;171:111644.

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Pediatrics Airway Management Wellness Administration 285

ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

The Sisyphean task remains to try to keep up—and, in that vein—here is a light round of the emergency medicine literature from 2023. The Right Way to Airway Video largyngoscopy (VL) is simply, in most situations, the better tool for the job. The post Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023 appeared first on ACEP Now.

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Research Airway Management Stroke Outcomes 52

ACEP Now

APRIL 5, 2024

There was no analysis of operator experience or expertise. 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. 2023: online ahead of print.

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Airway Management Emergency Department Operations Research 73

PulmCCM

APRIL 18, 2024

The real world success rates by operators experienced with intubation remained unknown. That uncertainty has been largely dispelled by large randomized trials in 2023 and 2024 confirming that video laryngoscopy is a superior method for obtaining first pass intubation success for patients with average risk airways.

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Airway Management Operations EMS Research 98

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. Airway complications are also more likely to occur in the emergency department (ED) than in the operating theatre. Br J Anaesth.

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Airway Management Teamwork Pediatrics Emergency Department 98

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

2 Despite advances in imaging and surgical methods, overall mortality approaches 20%, which doubles to 40% with delays to definitive management exceeding than 24 hours. Accessed September 30, 2023. Accessed September 30, 2023. Accessed October 1, 2023. upper endoscopy, transesophageal echo, etc.). aid=1104586430 Bono MJ.

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Operations Radiology Radiology Fluid Resuscitation 67