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Ep 124 Burn and Inhalation Injuries: ED Wound Care, Resuscitation and Airway Management

Emergency Medicine Cases

It turns out that for all burn patients—from minor to severe—there is a lot of room for improvement in ED management, counselling and disposition. The post Ep 124 Burn and Inhalation Injuries: ED Wound Care, Resuscitation and Airway Management appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Inhalation Injuries

Taming the SRU

Upper Airway Injury to the upper airway, defined as airway structures proximal to the glottis (i.e. Because inhalational injuries often co-occur with large cutaneous burns, aggressive fluid resuscitation can rapidly worsen upper airway edema making airway management especially challenging.

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