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Beyond Ketamine: When to use Facilitated Intubation in the ED

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First described in 1970, RSI with the near-simultaneous administration of a sedative agent and NMBA has been shown to have increased first-pass success compared with intubation facilitated by a sedative alone (6,7). Introduction: Since the late 1990s, RSI has been the gold standard of emergency intubations (5).

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Pediatric Pain

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Neonatal observational scales have been validated in the intensive care and post-operative settings; ED-specific quantitative scales are lacking. CRIES ( Table 1 ) was validated for post-operative patients; to adapt its use for the ED, the most conservative approach is to substitute “preoperative baseline” with normal range for age.