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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Ben has a possible skull fracture and has been intubated, but his oxygen requirement is minimal. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Vascular Access in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. Ann Emerg Med. Intraosseous vascular access in adults using the EZ-IO in an emergency department. Int J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;76(2):134–42.

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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

While a randomized control trial should be done to evaluate the effect of early proning in a controlled environment, these studies suggest that we should consider using this in our Emergency Department for patients who present with hypoxia and concern for mild to moderate ARDS without urgent need for intubation. 2020; Koulouras et.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

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.

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Laryngeal Injuries: An Introduction

ACEP Now

On arrival to the emergency department (ED) she was awake and breathing with stridor. Fracturing the larynx requires considerable force, and the great majority of fractures are from blunt high-velocity trauma. Is there an open neck wound or palpable cartilage fracture?

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

EB Medicine

This month, after a few months of primarily medical topics, we’re talking trauma, specifically Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management. Moreover, when airway management is needed, advanced airway techniques by ALS crews were associated with decreased odds of survival.

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Episode 22 - Electrical Injuries in the Emergency Department An Evidence-Based Review

EB Medicine

But this month’s episode is special in its own way - we’ll be tackling Electrical Injuries in the emergency department - from low and high voltage injuries to the more extreme and rare lightning related injuries. Jeff: Let’s move on to evaluation in the emergency department. Jeff: You’re right. Jeff: You’re right.