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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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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

Since tonsillectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgeries in the US (~500,000 per year) and the rate of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage is about 1-5% , it is a good idea that we all are familiar with how to manage this issue! Get a hold of ENT early as OR management and/or admission are common. SUCTION, SUCTION, SUCTION!

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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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2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More

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In a prospective study comparing clinician gestalt against systemic inflammatory response syndrome, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), quick SOFA, Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), and a logistic regression machine learning model using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), the obvious winner was the clinician.

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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

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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. JAMA Pediatr.2023;177(8):782.

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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

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). You may be assisting an airway manager (who's in the vertex position) who needs extra jaw thrust or lift. NREMT (2008).

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Emergency Medicine Journal , 25 (12), 824-826. The Ten Commandments of Medical Emergency Management for Dentists Pediatric Emergency Medicines Ten Commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Givens T. The Ten Commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Ten commandments of burn management Gupta J L.