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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: 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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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. 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.

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

RebelEM

This helps relieve agitation/pain while maintaining spontaneous breathing and airway reflexes allowing for adequate pre-oxygenation as well as facilitates other resuscitation interventions including IV access, vasopressors, fluids, etc. Re-oxygenation with BMV can increase airway-related adverse events (i.e.

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emDOCs Revamp: Esophageal Perforation

EMDocs

2 Despite advances in imaging and surgical methods, overall mortality approaches 20%, which doubles to 40% with delays to definitive management exceeding than 24 hours. 4 Fluid resuscitation and vasopressor use as appropriate. upper endoscopy, transesophageal echo, etc.).

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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. Freund Y, Viglino D, Cachanado M, et al.

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How To Use SALAD To Manage Unstable Epistaxis and the Airway

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Otolaryngology (ENT) was emergently consulted and the patient was brought to a resuscitation bay because of worry concerning possible aspiration secondary to posterior epistaxis, requiring further airway stabilization. Assuming a difficult airway, both a video laryngoscope and cricothyroidotomy kit were prepared at bedside.