Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 21, 2019

Maria Ivankovic discuss dozens of pearls and pitfalls in the management of both pediatric and adult burn and inhalation injuries management with a special appearance by airway master George Kovacs to talk about awake intubation in the burn and inhalation injuries patient.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

JANUARY 19, 2023

Should EMS place an advanced airway in out of hospital cardiac arrests? Current studies suggest that advanced airway management is not sup. Click to view the rest

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Introduction Pediatric intubations in the emergency department (ED) occur at only a tenth the frequency of adult intubations. 1 Pediatric rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the ED is associated with a higher frequency of failed first attempts and adverse effects than in adult patients. mg/kg IV, ketamine at 1.5–2 3 mg/kg IV.

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RebelEM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Take Home Points: Airway management is paramount; expect a challenging intubation and consider controlling the airway early if there is apparent airway compromise. Understanding the cause of angioedema (mast cell vs. bradykinin mediated) helps dictate directed management.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 16, 2024

ALiEM provides a great overview of how to manage these injuries here: [link]. Amputations Distal to DIP may require revision amputation, which is in the purview of EM physicians. Rongeur bone until soft tissue is available for closure; close skin loosely with non-absorbable sutures. Consider antibiotics for high risk patients (e.g.,

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Emergency Medicine Cases

AUGUST 24, 2021

Just as pediatric patients are not small adults, geriatric patients are not just old adults. In this Part 1 of our 2-part EM Cases podcast series on Geriatric Trauma, Dr. Barbara Haas, Dr. Camilla Wong and Dr. Bourke Tillman answer questions such as: why are older patients under-triaged to trauma centers and how does that affect outcomes?

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Critical Care Now

APRIL 5, 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes Simon Taxel NRP, BA Simon is a paramedic, crew chief, and public safety diver with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS. The Excellence in Prehospital Injury (EPIC) Study The EPIC TBI study ran from 2007 to 2019 and involved an EMS and public health partnership in Arizona.

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EM Curious

AUGUST 5, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. You must watch this video here !

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 18, 2020

Hilary Whyte, Dr. Jabeen Fayyaz, Dr. Emily MacNeill discuss a neonatal resuscitation algorithm, airway management, fluid resuscitation, central access tips, glucose and temperature control and transport tips.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Gotta catch ‘em all!” Now, a randomized, controlled trial clearly demonstrates some patients with low GCS are far more likely to be harmed by an aggressive approach to airway management. Effect of noninvasive airway management of comatose patients with acute poisoning: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr.2023;177(8):782.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 9, 2015

How versatile are your airway skills? 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). A Tight Squeeze Airway management for the limited-access patient. 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. J Emerg Med. Alanazi, H.,

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Bourke Tillmann and Scott Weingart for their expertise on the EM Cases podcast that inspired this column. EMCrit 196 – Having a vomit SALAD with Dr. Jim DuCanto – airway management techniques during massive regurgitation, emesis, or bleeding. A special thanks to Drs. J Emerg Med. 2017;52(4):433-437. Weingart S. Lopez JK, Lee HY.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As always, it’s ABC and IV, O2, monitor first with early airway management in those with head and neck burns being a top priority. Jeff: With your initial stabilization underway, you can begin to gather a more thorough history either from bystanders or EMS if they are still present. Address pain with analgesia.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 3, 2023

Insulin Infusion Dosing in Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. The Pediatric Bougie for the First Tracheal Intubation Attempt in Critically Ill Children [published online ahead of print, 2023 Feb 23]. Which way should we go? Forestell B, Battaglia F, Sharif S, et al.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Automatic transport ventilator versus bag valve in the EMS setting: a prospective, randomized trial. Study finds EMS able to do more tasks, document better, perform physiological monitoring, with use of ATV. Efficacy and safety in patients on a resuscitator, Oxylator EM-100, in comparison with a bag-valve device. Filbrun, T.,

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EMDocs

JUNE 7, 2023

Airway management should not be delayed. 7 Airway management: consider early airway management. Laboratory testing methods have a prolonged turnaround time which can place the patient in a worse clinical state if you withhold treatment in lieu of confirmatory results. See figure below. 8 Figure 1.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Buffington] NTI largely supplanted by RSI: Current resuscitation practice focuses on the oral route for airway management and intubation. We’ve heard, or been through, tales of early EM when BNTI was the fall-back for awkward intubations before EM could claim credentialing for RSI. Be alert to changes in waveform.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Pediatr Neonatol. Neurotransmitter. 2015;2:10-14800/nt. doi:10.14800/nt.491 2021;21(1):e103-e105. doi:10.7861/clinmed.2020-0841 2020-0841 Lin TS, Chen LK, Lin TY, Wen SH, Chen MC, Jan RH. Autonomic Dysfunction Because of Severe Tetanus in an Unvaccinated Child. 2011;52(3):169-171. doi:10.1016/j.pedneo.2011.03.010

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