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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach

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Additionally, one must be prepared for definitive airway management and know when laboratory investigations will prove valuable to guide further management. Secondary hemorrhage occurs between days five and 14 post-operatively, peaking around days five to seven. CREDIT: Dr. P.

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Field Amputation Part 3: Who Performs It?

The Trauma Pro

Emergency physicians have more experience with airway management, sedation, and anesthesia and can thus add value to the process. This allows them to tailor the amputation to optimize the eventual recovery from this operation. Getting them to the scene will always take extra time since they are typically hospital-based.

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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

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!

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AIR – Learning from the Airway Registry (November 2023)

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Sydney HEMs is proud of its commitment to excellence in airway management. In 2022, we achieved: 95% overall first pass success rate (first pass of laryngoscope into mouth results in successful intubation, from both prehospital and inter hospital cases, including cold tube and RSI. The patient went on to have a surgical airway.

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emDOCs Revamp: Esophageal Perforation

EMDocs

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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REBEL Cast Ep122 – Delayed vs Rapid Sequence Intubation in Agitated Trauma Patients

RebelEM

Re-oxygenation with BMV can increase airway-related adverse events (i.e. What They Did: Prospective randomized clinical trial Patients randomized to: Delayed Sequence Intubation (DSI): IV ketamine 1.5mg/kg in 0.5

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How To Use SALAD To Manage Unstable Epistaxis and the Airway

ACEP Now

A total of 400 mL of blood was suctioned throughout the procedure The SALAD Approach to Airway Management The presence of contaminants in the airway has been shown to decrease first-pass success at intubation, regardless of whether direct or video laryngoscopy is employed. References Prekker ME, et al. Crit Care Med.