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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. But again, in my opinion, a trauma surgeon is the best choice for performing this procedure.

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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. A change of operator or removal of the blade from the mouth ends the attempt). Follow this link to see all our burns-related airway videos: [link] These two videos come from the same patient, who had life-threatening burns.

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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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Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?

ACEP Now

There was no analysis of operator experience or expertise. These limitations are sufficient to question the recommendation to use a bougie as first line airway management. For patients requiring emergency airway management, the use of a bougie is an important technique.

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A Simplified Approach to Managing the Difficult Airway in Children

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Table 1: Airway assessment Can we predict a difficult pediatric airway? Even though there is no clear-cut answer, there are some risk factors that make a difficult airway more likely. Airway complications are also more likely to occur in the emergency department (ED) than in the operating theatre. Br J Anaesth.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Awake fiberoptic intubation where the patient consents, co-operative AND the airway is prepared with local anaesthesia. Key take-home points While Ben’s case is tragic, we can learn important points about airway management. Pediatric Endotracheal Intubations for Airway Management in the Emergency Department.

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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

ACEP Now

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. 2023;389(5):418-429.