Airway Management and Documentation/Coding

SGEM#450: Try Again – Andexanet for Factor Xa Inhibitor–Associated Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 10, 2024

A code stroke is activated, and a CT head shows a left basal ganglia hemorrhage with no vascular lesions on CT angiography. Initial evaluation by medics revealed right arm weakness, a right facial droop, and decreased responsiveness. When he arrives at your ED, the family tells you he was doing fine until dinner.

Stroke

Stroke Airway Management Documentation/Coding Outcomes

Pediatric Septic Shock

EB Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2023

2) 2023 E/M coding guidelines are in effect. 2) 2023 E/M coding guidelines are in effect. Announcements: 1) The interactive Clinical Pathways have launched and they are available for free!

Shock

Shock Pediatrics Airway Management Sepsis

ED Nurses Vent and Haemodynamics Workshop

The Injectable Orange

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Quite simply, document your intended personal learning objective; identify a high quality resource that addresses this (article, workshop, conference); document a reflection on your achieved personal learning outcome. Happy self-directed learning. Pro-tip on organising and capturing your CPD activities: Keep a portfolio.

Airway Management

Airway Management Documentation/Coding Outcomes Evidence-Based Practice

Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

ultrasound grand rounds: bedside dvt studies - family presence in the ed/icu - r1 clinical knowledge: aicd - r3 small groups: difficult airway management Ultrasound grand rounds: DVT studies WITH Dr. minges Why should we perform bedside DVT studies in the ED? ETT onto a fiberoptic scope.

CPR

CPR Burns Airway Management Wellness

Grand Rounds Recap 5.22.24

Taming the SRU

JUNE 3, 2024

Use checklists for complex procedures, such as airway management. glenn, haffner, and jackson In Flight Emergencies: As a responding physician to an in-flight emergency, you may recommend diverting the plane, however, the captain (lead pilot) will make the final decision.

Shock

Shock Seizures Airway Management Stroke

Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

Relative contraindications are several, including difficulty with airway management, facial trauma, ventricular assist device, intra-aortic balloon pump, severe chest wall lesions or rib fractures, massive hemoptysis, unstable pelvic or long bone fractures, and open abdominal wounds. Reattach EKG leads to back.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Fractures EKG/ECG Wellness

Intubation

PHEM Cast

APRIL 21, 2021

Guidance documents College of Paramedics Statement on Intubation, available here. Positioning From: [link] Recommended Rich Levitan resources Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan Airway axes From: McGuire B, Hodge K. AAGBI Safer Prehospital Anaesthesia 2017, available here. Tracheal intubation.

Airway Management

Airway Management Resuscitation EMS Hospitals

Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 9, 2015

How versatile are your airway skills? Pull out the manikins (or use a volunteer; BVM only) and run some awkward codes! Most airway management is done with the patient supine and on a table. Importantly, you should practice airway support and BVM facing the patient "from the south" (facing cephalad).

Airway Management

Airway Management Pediatrics Resuscitation Emergency Nursing

Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

There may have very well been a policy where only RTs can make changes to a ventilator after an order was placed to ensure accurate documentation. Unfortunately, its not clear whether the documentation came from RTs or ED providers. Females and patients with increased BMI are at increased risk of not being placed on LPV.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Operations Academics Documentation/Coding

Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

Moreover, when airway management is needed, advanced airway techniques by ALS crews were associated with decreased odds of survival. Jeff: And if it does happen to be an ALS transport crew, without delaying transport, pain management with fentanyl is both safe and reasonable and preferred over morphine.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Operations Fractures

Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Accessed July 28, 2014 **Quoting original documents of fascinating history. Study finds EMS able to do more tasks, document better, perform physiological monitoring, with use of ATV. Airway management by first responders when using a bag-valve device and two oxygen-driven resuscitators in 104 patients. Grainge, C.

Resuscitation

Resuscitation CPR Documentation/Coding Military

The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Buffington] NTI largely supplanted by RSI: Current resuscitation practice focuses on the oral route for airway management and intubation. Confirming endotracheal placement: In addition to the usual required methods and documentation, remember that, most likely, your patient will still be breathing. Always be gentle! Rogue Medic.

Airway Management

Airway Management Resuscitation EMS CPR