Airway Management EMS 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!
EMDocs
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Authors: Katey DG Osborne, MD (EM Attending Physician; Tacoma, WA), Rachel Bridwell, MD (EM Attending Physician; Tacoma, WA) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Attending Physician, San Antonio, TX) Welcome to emDOCs revamp!
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RebelEM
AUGUST 7, 2023
Re-oxygenation with BMV can increase airway-related adverse events (i.e. PMID: 37058727 Post Peer Reviewed By: Anand Swaminathan, MD (Twitter: @EMSwami ) The post REBEL Cast Ep122 – Delayed vs Rapid Sequence Intubation in Agitated Trauma Patients appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.
PHEM Cast
JULY 6, 2017
[link] The West Midlands surgical skills course offers cadaveric training for PHEM and EM practitioners on rare life saving procedures. Anatomy The Guidelines Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults. Difficult Airway Society: Intubation guidelines working group.
EM Updates
MARCH 24, 2021
The primary tool for emergency airway management then became the traditional laryngoscope , a device little improved since the 1940s, until the advent of video laryngoscopy in the early 2000s which changed everything. HAVL , which uses a blade that goes around the tongue, requires that the operator look at the screen.
ACEP Now
MARCH 6, 2024
Gotta catch ‘em all!” The Right Way to Airway Video largyngoscopy (VL) is simply, in most situations, the better tool for the job. 7 The operators involved in the trial were mostly emergency medicine residents or critical care fellows, but this fact does not diminish the generalizability of these observations. N Engl J Med.
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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