ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

She was reported to have had a mechanical fall, landing face forward without loss of consciousness, and has had a continuous nosebleed since then, per EMS and the home care provider. On EMS arrival, it was noted that the patient had what seemed to be a controllable nosebleed with difficulty locating the source due to constant oozing.

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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. We don’t want to go backwards!

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RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

First ED-based study to evaluate how operational effects such as crowding can affect patient care in the form of LPV Included ARDS criteria relating to the usage of LPV in the ED allowing evaluation as to whether patients with ARDS were more likely to receive LPV settings. Prior studies have used annual census or shift level crowding.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 9, 2015

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). You may be assisting an airway manager (who's in the vertex position) who needs extra jaw thrust or lift. NREMT (2008).

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Classic Advice to New Interns (Commentary upon 10 Commandments of EM) Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine Luke & Cusack Cork Emergency Medicine 2014 The Derriford twelve commandments of emergency medicine: a model for good practice in a changing world, or a survival guide for new medical staff Smith, J.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

It wrongly frightened some medical personnel as it was operated by a 50 psi wall source or from a step-down regulator from a tank (some thought the patient received wall 50 psi or 1500 psig from the tank directly to the lung. Automatic transport ventilator versus bag valve in the EMS setting: a prospective, randomized trial.

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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 don’t forget to get the crash details from the EMS crew before they depart! Nachi: That’s impressive -- for expediting patient care and for managing ED flow. Jeff: Exactly.

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PulmCCM

APRIL 18, 2024

The real world success rates by operators experienced with intubation remained unknown. That uncertainty has been largely dispelled by large randomized trials in 2023 and 2024 confirming that video laryngoscopy is a superior method for obtaining first pass intubation success for patients with average risk airways.

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RebelEM

JULY 31, 2023

In this blog post, we explore the study’s key findings, strengths, and limitations, providing valuable insights while navigating the complexities of airway management in critically ill adults. worsening hypoxemia, hypotension, bradycardia, vomiting, bleeding) Technical failure of the laryngoscope (e.g., 1420 patients were enrolled.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 3, 2023

This could be explained by less experienced personnel dealing with the paediatric airway. Because of the retrospective nature of the study, the decision to use the bougie was operator-dependent. Also, the study was conducted in a centre where clinicians commonly use a bougie for airway management. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

They also proved that only expired air resuscitation guaranteed sufficient inflation volumes; that exhaled air was a suitable resuscitating gas; and that the operator would have continuous feedback from each breath. Ontario EMS Nasal Tracheal Intubation Video on the YouTube Channel of Ontario EMS. Brown III, MD, Ali S.

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