Airway Management Emergency Department Operations 
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. Set up suction x2 in the room!
Don't Forget the Bubbles
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Key take-home points While Ben’s case is tragic, we can learn important points about airway management.
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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.
ACEP Now
APRIL 5, 2024
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and fever. 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. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;42(6):445-9.
RebelEM
MARCH 27, 2023
Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. The effect of emergency department crowding on lung-protective ventilation utilization for critically ill patients. More pertinent and relevant takeaway messages have to do with staffing and operations.
EB Medicine
MARCH 1, 2019
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.
EMDocs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Improved Visualization: Video laryngoscopes allow for the use of standard or hyperangulated geometry, essentially allowing the operator to “look around the corner” on an anterior airway. Incidence and factors associated with cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management. Int J Emerg Med.
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