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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

ACEP Now

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. The Right Way to Airway Video largyngoscopy (VL) is simply, in most situations, the better tool for the job. Effect of noninvasive airway management of comatose patients with acute poisoning: a randomized clinical trial. N Engl J Med.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. 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. This article is based on: Mayberry, H.,

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Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?

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Is the Evidence from This Research Sufficient to Change Practice? 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. Some important limitations of this analysis should be recognized.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Ten commandments of burn management Gupta J L. Ten commandments of burn management. NHS Airway The Ten Commandments of Airway Management Slovis, C. Indian J Burns 2012;20:7-10 Transfusion ten commandments U.K. Simple lessons to guide oxygenation & ventilation. Memon, A., & Kaliff, J.

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Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It wrongly frightened some medical personnel as it was operated by a 50 psi wall source or from a step-down regulator from a tank (some thought the patient received wall 50 psi or 1500 psig from the tank directly to the lung. Note the strings dangling from the flangeless wire airways. Breath of life: the evolution of oxygen therapy.

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REBEL Cast Ep121: The Battle of the Blades – Video Laryngoscopy vs. Direct Laryngoscopy

RebelEM

In this blog post, we explore the study’s key findings, strengths, and limitations, providing valuable insights while navigating the complexities of airway management in critically ill adults. Clinicians and research personnel were unblinded, potentially introducing bias in the study outcomes. 1420 patients were enrolled.

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Video beats direct laryngoscopy for intubation--even for experts

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The real world success rates by operators experienced with intubation remained unknown. That uncertainty has been largely dispelled by large randomized trials in 2023 and 2024 confirming that video laryngoscopy is a superior method for obtaining first pass intubation success for patients with average risk airways.