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. INTERACT-2 demonstrated that in patients with ICH, intensive lowering of blood pressure did not result in a significant reduction in the rate of the primary outcome of death or severe disability (SGEM#73).

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Stroke Airway Management Outcomes Documentation/Coding 73

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.

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Airway Management Resuscitation Hospitals EMS 52

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 88

CPR Burns Airway Management Wellness 88

Taming the SRU

JUNE 3, 2024

CESAR Trial Published in 2009 Found that even those who didn’t get ECMO, but were transported to a tertiary care center had better outcomes No matter where you go, critical care transport will be part of your life as a sending physician, receiving physician, or both. Use checklists for complex procedures, such as airway management.

Shock 89

Shock Seizures Airway Management Documentation/Coding 89

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. Pro-tip on organising and capturing your CPD activities: Keep a portfolio.

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Airway Management Documentation/Coding Outcomes Evidence-Based Practice 52

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. of those patients.

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Operations Fractures 40

RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

However, that practice is long-outdated and patients managed on lower tidal volumes (6 ml/kg) were found to have decreased mortality. Ventilator-associated lung injury and inflammation can occur even during short-term mismanagement can worsen patient outcomes. REFERENCES: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network et al.

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Emergency Department Operations Documentation/Coding Academics 52